SLC27-W1 | A One-Day Street Journalist: Festival-centric business."

mariyaafrin (68)in Steem4Entrepreneurs • 7 days ago

_{Assalamu'alaikum Everyone. I am @mariyaafrin}
_{From #Bangladesh}

Hello Steemian friends, how are you all? I hope everyone is well by the grace of Allah. Alhamdulillah, I am also well with your prayers and love.Today I am here to participate in the Steemit Learning Challenge Session 27 Week-1 organized by @max-pro brother.The theme of the learning challenge for the first week is a day as a "A One-Day Street Journalist: Festival-centric business."Today I will participate in this competition. I hope everyone enjoys my post today. So let's get started without delay.

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Today, by participating in this competition, I will share my experience as a journalist with you all about various festival-oriented businesses in my area.In our country, people of different religions live together in harmony.Regardless of caste and religion, everyone practices their own religion, but people of different religions have different festivals.Just as Muslims have two religious festivals, the biggest religious festival of Hindus is the universal Durga festival.Just as our Muslims conduct various types of businesses around the two Eids, Hindus organize many big festivals around the Durga Puja.Traders conduct their various businesses around this festival.Similarly, a festive atmosphere has been created in our area during the biggest universal Durga festival of Hindus.As a journalist, I reviewing the festive business of the biggest Durga festival in my area, Nishchintapur Temple.

*What are the Festival-centric businesses in your area?*

In our area, especially Hindus and Muslims are living together in harmony.Just as Muslims have two religious festivals, Hindus also have a big universal Durga festival.They run various types of businesses around this festival.Various festivals are celebrated in our area, sometimes it is the Baisakhi festival, sometimes the spring festival, sometimes the Eid festival, and sometimes the Durga festival.Everyone comes together to celebrate this festival, and some businessmen run their businesses around this festival.

Sometimes, a festive atmosphere is created around large gatherings, seminars, or various large events, and businessmen operate their businesses on a small scale in this festive atmosphere.In this festive atmosphere, traders set up temporary shops and run their businesses, including various fast food outlets, and These temporary shops include a variety of children's toys, women's daily necessities and household goods, and finally, women's cosmetics. These temporary shops sell various types of sweets which become the main attraction of the festival.

Since people of all classes come to these festive environments, various types of temporary rides are set up here to attract everyone.One of the most traditional rides in rural Bengal is the Nagardola.Usually, the people of the village eagerly wait for a festival to take place in the village and during that festival, they will be able to buy various traditional items and ride on the traditional Nagar Dola.They set up rides like horse swings, boat swings, etc. to attract children.

*Have you ever bought anything from these stores? Show pictures + videos and show their prices.*

Yes of course I bought various kinds of things from this fair.Since there are various small temporary shops set up at the fair, these shops have a variety of items.Since I went to visit the fair today as a journalist, I was visiting every shop at the fair.Just then, my eyes fell on a shop where a skilled craftsman was selling beautiful wooden everyday items made by his hands.I liked the wooden bangles rakes, children's toys, and household items there.And from this store, I bought wooden toys for my younger sister. Since she is very small, I bought a wooden pot for her, which she really liked and needed.Then I bought wooden flutes and wooden toys and some cosmetics from the shops.Then I bought the most interesting and delicious barfi at the fair. Everything at the fair was at very reasonable prices.One of the features of the fair is that every item can be bought here by bargaining with the shopkeepers in a very nice way.The local price and Steam price of each item purchased from the fair are given below:

*Product*	*BDT Price*	*Steem Price*
*Bangles rake*	120tk	7.86
*Wooden children's pots and pans*	150tk	9.83
*Flute*	30tk	1.96
*Special Barfi*	300tk per kg	19.67

Video of the visit to the fair

*Why are people more attracted to street stalls during festivals?*

Usually, festival-oriented street shops feature bright lights and various types of fast food, as well as women's daily necessities and children's toys as one of the special attractions.After seeing that, the children eagerly visited the shop.These temporary shops sell various types of fast food, sparkling balloons,sweets, and various rides to attract children.These street shops usually have various types of children's toys neatly hung in front of the shop, which will attract more children and make them flock to the shop.These shops sell some uncommon items and women's daily necessities and household items at very reasonable prices.In these shops, the price of the goods is determined through a negotiation between the buyer and the seller.

For any small festival, traders prepare some unique items in advance to run their business, which you usually won't find in any market or store.In these temporary shops, traders stock some unique items that you won't find in regular stores, such as sweets made by steaming sugar.Then there are children's pottery pots made of clay, various wooden tools used for household purposes, various types of children's rides made of plastic or wood, and on the other hand, the traditional Nagardola of rural Bengal is one of them.For any festival, traders create some unique sweets that you won't find in any ordinary store.And one of the main attractions of the people of this sweet village is.Which attracts every person and based on this attraction they flock to these shops.

*Are these businesses contributing to preserving local culture?*

Yes, of course these businesses play an important role in preserving culture.It strengthens cultural bonds between communities by bringing together various festivals and social rituals, while also encouraging the new generation to learn about and love their heritage.Usually, traders select different types of products for different festivals.Usually, traders select different types of products for their business depending on the festival.

These businesses usually promote traditional arts.They display pottery and various handicrafts at various fairs, which pass on the traditions of the past to the new generation.

A fair is a meeting place for people from different regions where they can exchange culture and traditions with each other.Through this, local culture becomes known to people from other regions.Typically, these businesses introduce the younger generation to their own traditions and culture.By participating in the fair, they learn about their traditional culture and become interested in it.

So these festival-centric businesses are not just a business, they are also a joyful event, they are a living cultural institution that preserves and nurtures traditions and passes them on from generation to generation.

Location	Nischintapur Public worship Temple, Kaliganj
*Map*	*https://plus.codes/7MMFC44Q+JJ*
*Plus code*	*7MMFC44Q+JJPlus*
*Steem Atlas Pin*	*[//]:# (!steematlas 23.406562 lat 89.139062 long Nischintapur Public worship Temple, Kaliganj d3scr)*
*Visit date*	*2-10-2025*