What Is In Shankari Bazar!!: Old Dhaka, Bangladesh

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]Burishal.

[00:00:01]>> Burial.

[00:00:02]>> Bural. Burishal.

[00:00:04]>> I'm from Burishal.

[00:00:06]>> Burial.

[00:00:14]>> Oh my god. The traffic.

[00:00:17]Check. Check the traffic over there.

[00:00:21]>> Crazy.

[00:00:24]>> Honestly. Yeah. You cannot beat that.

[00:00:26]People are very very How are you? People are very very camera friendly.

[00:00:31]Incredible. I mean I mean Pakistan was the best for me but here literally they're getting better than Pakistanis because they're very communicative too.

[00:00:41]They talk. That is crazy.

[00:00:50]Yay.

[00:00:53]Even across the street people will be waving at you.

[00:00:56]>> How are you?

[00:01:11]Nice, nice, nice.

[00:01:19]>> How are you?

[00:01:33]All right, guys. I got what I was going to the spot right behind me. But so then I have to How are you? I have to figure out where to go now. You know the life on the beach. You see that's a Look at this.

[00:01:46]>> Really, really beautiful here. How are you?

[00:01:49]>> Very good. Nice to meet you.

[00:01:54]Junovat.

[00:01:58]>> Awesome. Awesome. How are you, my friend? Are you good? All right.

[00:02:03]Okay.

[00:02:11]All right. I'm walking on the port side now. The port is on my right hand side.

[00:02:16]So, I'm going down over there. And >> this is very very busy in you know >> Bangladesh.

[00:02:25]>> Bangladesh >> made in Bangladesh.

[00:02:30]>> All right.

[00:02:32]All right. Anyway, so let's see.

[00:02:38]Yeah.

[00:02:43]>> Hey, how are you?

[00:02:45]>> Hey, bro.

[00:02:46]>> How are you, bro? I'm very well. How are you?

[00:02:49]>> Good. Good.

[00:02:55]>> How are you, bro?

[00:02:56]>> How are you? Good.

[00:03:00]>> I just bought a mask because it's very polluted. No, they I should have bought it the first day I came in, but >> Yeah.

[00:03:09]>> Wow.

[00:03:17]How do I look?

[00:03:19]>> Yeah, because I'm around the the downtown area. The pollution is very very very very heavy and then my nose I keep sneezing. So then I saw him. Say hi. He's a young guy just from All right, guys.

[00:03:36]>> He's alone. Okay. Thank you.

[00:03:39]All right.

[00:03:44]Yeah, that's good, man.

[00:04:23]Hello. How are you?

[00:04:24]>> Hey. Okay. Okay. Yeah. You got my text, right?

[00:04:26]>> Yeah, I got you text Monday. Monday morning.

[00:04:28]>> Oh, definitely.

[00:04:29]>> Uh we will meet somewhere else. I will text you.

[00:04:31]>> Just text me this far. Let you see, bro.

[00:04:33]Okay. Have a good one.

[00:04:35]>> Have a good one.

[00:04:38]>> Bangladesh.

[00:04:39]>> Bangladesh.

[00:04:41]>> All daka is the historic core of Dhaka.

[00:04:45]Stepping into its narrow lanes and you are instantly wrapped in a living tapestry of history.

[00:04:53]Lake shores painted in a bright florus squeeze past scrambling balconies.

[00:04:59]Their bells ringing like impatient music.

[00:05:03]The air is thick with scents of spices, incense and slowcooked biryani drifting from the century old kitchens. Above you, faded mo era windows lean toward each other as if sharing secrets from another time.

[00:05:20]>> I don't think there's any way to go around here, but I would check anyway.

[00:05:25]Old Dhaka is more than monuments like Lakov and Asan Mazil which I visited in my past episodes but it is also a movement flavor and sound.

[00:05:40]>> All right, I think I'm in Shankar Shankaria Bazaar right now.

[00:05:49]This is crazy here. Shankari Bazar, one of the narrowest and oldest streets inhabited by the Shankari community.

[00:06:00]Traditional shell cutters. It is a vibrant hub of Hindu culture, crafts and music.

[00:06:10]This is so lot of food places here is all like a small food place left and right. Crazy crazy.

[00:06:22]Oh boy.

[00:06:24]>> Is is intense right here honestly. Oh, sorry.

[00:06:30]>> So, so this is this is really really narrow here. Wow.

[00:06:44]Shankaria Bazar. That's what Sorry.

[00:07:01]>> Oh, this is Hindu temple.

[00:07:08]>> By coincidence, I came back the Hindus temple right here.

[00:07:12]>> Bangladesh is heavily a Muslim country.

[00:07:15]However, it is also safe to say that there are many pockets of Hindus in Christians communities all over the country.

[00:07:30]>> This like a Hindus neighborhood around this neighborhood here.

[00:07:42]>> Nice.

[00:07:46]Yeah, this is the Hindus quarter right here in Shankaria market. So in old Dhaka downtown area. Really really really busy neighbor. Very busy. Hey, how are you my friend? Are you all right? Say hi. Say how are you?

[00:08:03]Cool. Cool.

[00:08:07]We got some metal alleyway over there.

[00:08:14]Hey, how are you?

[00:08:24]>> If if I want to just clean up, how much you just clean? How much?

[00:08:35]How much?

[00:08:37]You just clean.

[00:08:42]Not here. Only here. Okay.

[00:08:51]Independent.

[00:08:53]>> Yeah. No, only here.

[00:08:56]This not the top. No shame.

[00:09:06]Just to you see to shade it down here.

[00:09:09]Yeah, that's it. I just want to clean up my my head.

[00:09:22]Awesome.

[00:09:33]I'm happy right now, you know. I do my own hair. So, I clean up my the spot I always miss.

[00:09:42]Take care of myself. Thank you. Thank you.

[00:09:47]>> Okay, here we go.

[00:09:54]Nice. What is How do you call this one?

[00:09:55]What is it? How do you call it? What's the name?

[00:09:59]>> What is the name of this?

[00:10:02]>> Singeran.

[00:10:04]>> Thank you very much. How are you, my friend?

[00:10:07]>> Huh?

[00:10:15]I'm just I'm looking Okay. Later. Later. Yeah. Okay.

[00:10:36]Oh, okay. Okay.

[00:10:40]>> Okay.

[00:10:42]>> Thank you. Thank you.

[00:10:44]>> Okay. Thank you.

[00:10:46]>> All right.

[00:10:47]>> Hi, dude.

[00:10:48]>> What's going on, man?

[00:10:49]>> How are you?

[00:10:50]>> I'm fine.

[00:10:51]>> My friend, >> he's my best friend.

[00:10:53]>> Do you know him?

[00:10:54]>> Yeah.

[00:10:55]>> He's my best friend. Where do you know him?

[00:11:00]>> How are you? Good. How are you, my friend?

[00:11:03]>> How are you? Hi, sir. How are you? What is your country name?

[00:11:07]>> My country name Bangladesh.

[00:11:09]>> Oh, >> you want to know my hometown?

[00:11:14]>> Burial from Okay. Have a good one. Yeah.

[00:11:25]>> All right.

[00:11:27]>> Good. Good. Thank you.

[00:11:29]>> All right. That was awesome. Okay. I was passing by. I just saw those guy. know here the the situ that's a walking sub it's crazy honestly people are very very friendly here anyway I got my haircut I'm happy right now my hair is shining you know my hair my haircut is better than yours you know you do the haircut do the haircut let me see your hair check check see all This street is as narrow as hell. It look like it's very tourist attraction place because I've seen few tourist one or two which normally you don't see it on here. I don't want to get stuck behind this guy. So anyway, I'm going to keep walking until way down there.

[00:12:32]Or how are you?

[00:12:37]>> All right. How are you, my friend?

[00:12:39]>> What's good?

[00:12:46]>> All right.

[00:12:49]Slow down, bro.

[00:12:54]They have lot of jewelry shop here too.

[00:12:56]I've seen a lot of food quarter and I think it's a Hindus street Hindus neighborhood in Pakistan in in in Bangladesh. Everybody's Muslim but they have a few Christian and a few Muslim Buddhist Hindus and Buddhist too. So, but this is Hindus quarter. Here we go.

[00:13:21]Look.

[00:13:44]>> Nice.

[00:13:45]Yeah, the guy you see they got all this statue everywhere. The Buddhistam alaikum. How are you? That's it.

[00:13:52]>> Nice. Thank you. Thank you.

[00:13:55]>> Our country Bangladesh.

[00:13:58]>> Bangladesh.

[00:14:00]>> Bangladesh.

[00:14:01]>> Bangladesh. Bangladesh.

[00:14:04]Nigeria.

[00:14:05]>> Oh, do I live Bangladesh?

[00:14:06]>> West Indies.

[00:14:07]>> No. Bangladesh.

[00:14:09]>> Bishal.

[00:14:10]>> Burishal.

[00:14:11]>> Bishal. Bishal. I'm from Bisha BISHAH from Kivar Kar. You know Kiwir but my father my father from Burisha. My father from Bur My Bish. No, he's from Bishad.

[00:14:46]>> All right. Have a good one, brother.

[00:14:47]>> Thank you, sir. Thank you. All right.

[00:14:49]Thank you. All right. Okay. Have another fun day. Everybody want to know where I'm from. I keep messing with him, you know.

[00:14:57]You know, because Bish is a small town here across the water and is a very touristic place. It is a village. Oh, slow down, bro. Rough rider.

[00:15:08]Fast and furious.

[00:15:13]Yeah. So, Borishal is a small town here.

[00:15:15]So, and it's a village not too far from Dhaka. So, that's why I tell everybody I'm from Bishal. So, the reason I said Bishala, they go crazy because that's mean Yes. It's like a reference to people who lives is like calling Angelinos like somebody from Los Angeles. So that's why I said peace and love.

[00:15:44]All right. I think I think I think that's the end of the of of the of wherever I was going. But what I'm going to do is I think I think I'm at the end of the market today. What I'm going to do is from that end I'm going to turn around and go back and see what else is in there. I got a new friend. Yeah. How are you, my friend?

[00:16:08]>> All right. So, yeah. Hi.

[00:16:10]>> How are you, my friend? What's What's in >> huh?

[00:16:19]>> How do you say yes in in Bangladesh?

[00:16:21]>> Bangladesh.

[00:16:22]>> Yeah. Bangladeshi.

[00:16:24]>> Yeah. Thank you.

[00:16:27]All right. That's awesome. That's awesome.

[00:16:30]>> Here we go.

[00:16:33]All right, I think that's the end of it.

[00:16:35]Uh, right here. I'm going to stop right here.

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