A Slum On Stilts Near Barisal, Bangladesh - Pavel Gospodinov Photography

A Slum On Stilts Near Barisal, Bangladesh

There’s the hustle and bustle of human activity: women smoking fish or peddling food and bric-a-brac; half-naked children rowing their own boats or playing on the verandas of the wooden shacks or playing in the heavily polluted waters.

People bathing and doing dishes in a channel
Barisal Canals and rivers, Barisal, Barisal District, Bangladesh, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia.
Kids bathing in a river, Barisal, Barisal District, Bangladesh, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia.
Kids bathing in a river, Barisal, Barisal District, Bangladesh, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia. Barisal City is an old port on the Kirtankhola, former Ariel Khan on the northern shore of the Bay of Bengal in southern Bangladesh and it is 142 km (373 km by road) far from capital city Dhaka. It is now the headquarters of both the Barisal Division and the Barisal District. The city consists of 30 wards and 50 mahallas. As Barisal is surrounded by river so fish is plenty in there. A Bangla saying states, Dhan, nadi, khal ai tine Barisal, which translates to "paddy, river and canal are these three things that make Barisal".
Kids bathing in a river, Barisal, Barisal District, Bangladesh, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia.
Kids bathing in a river, Barisal, Barisal District, Bangladesh, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia. Barisal City is an old port on the Kirtankhola, former Ariel Khan on the northern shore of the Bay of Bengal in southern Bangladesh and it is 142 km (373 km by road) far from capital city Dhaka. It is now the headquarters of both the Barisal Division and the Barisal District. The city consists of 30 wards and 50 mahallas. As Barisal is surrounded by river so fish is plenty in there. A Bangla saying states, Dhan, nadi, khal ai tine Barisal, which translates to "paddy, river and canal are these three things that make Barisal".
Kids bathing in a river, Barisal, Barisal District, Bangladesh, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia.
Kids bathing in a river, Barisal, Barisal District, Bangladesh, Indian Sub-Continent, Asia. Barisal City is an old port on the Kirtankhola, former Ariel Khan on the northern shore of the Bay of Bengal in southern Bangladesh and it is 142 km (373 km by road) far from capital city Dhaka. It is now the headquarters of both the Barisal Division and the Barisal District. The city consists of 30 wards and 50 mahallas. As Barisal is surrounded by river so fish is plenty in there. A Bangla saying states, Dhan, nadi, khal ai tine Barisal, which translates to "paddy, river and canal are these three things that make Barisal".

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