A Manipuri people’s house with the typical handloom in the village of Monipuri, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Monipuri Community is famous for their culture and traditions. Monipuri community makes their clothing themselves. Almost every family there owns a handloom. It is a part of their culture to weave their own cloths. Besides Khami they produce various other products like – shawl, sari, bed sheets and bags.

Two Manipuri women in front of their house in the village of Monipuri, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Monipuri Community is famous for their culture and traditions. Monipuri community makes their clothing themselves. Almost every family there owns a handloom. It is a part of their culture to weave their own cloths. Besides Khami they produce various other products like – shawl, sari, bed sheets and bags.

Portrait of a Manipuri woman with her child, Monipuri Village

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Portrait of a Manipuri boy, Monipuri Village

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Portrait of a Manipuri woman with her eyes closed, Monipuri Village, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Portrait of a Manipuri woman, Monipuri Village, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Portrait of a Manipuri woman, Monipuri Village, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Two Manipuri boys playing against a white wall, Monipuri Village, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Two Manipuri boys playing against a white wall, Monipuri Village, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Two Manipuri boys playing against a white wall, Monipuri Village, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Three Manipuri boys playing against a white wall, Monipuri Village, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Manipuri people walking on a narrow road between tea plantations, Monipuri Village, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Manipuri woman carrying wood on her head, Monipuri Village, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Manipuri woman carrying wood on her head, Monipuri Village, Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; Manipuri is an ethnic community in Bangladesh. Their original home is Manipur, India. Manipuris are artistic and creative by nature. This has found expression in their handloom and handicraft products, which are world-famous for their designs, ingenuity, colourfulness and usefulness.

Men sitting nearby a huge banyan tree in a small village in Bangladesh

Monipuri Village, Sreemangal, Bangladesh; May 01, 2013; A banyan is a fig that begins its life as an epiphyte, i.e. a plant that grows on another plant, when its seed germinates in a crack or crevice of a host tree or edifice. "Banyan" often specifically denominates Ficus benghalensis (the "Indian banyan"), which is the national tree of India, though the name has also been generalized to denominate all figs that share a common life cycle and used systematically in taxonomy to denominate the subgenus Urostigma.