Food contributes not only to our physical survival, but to the quality of our family, cultural, spiritual and national life and celebrations as well. We all have different beliefs and traditions, and often different foods play important roles in them.
Food is important for living life with dignity because...
We can’t live without food. Food is only element to build our body. Without food we can’t live in the world. Delicious food is a kind of food which food increases our social dignity.
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We are the people living in this world, has difference in religions, cultures, family traditions and nationality as well. These things make us different from others. We are the Bangalis have our own cultures and traditions with different religions but our nationality is same. We have different cultural, religious and national festivals with special foods. We give priority that foods for the particular occasions. This is the right of every people to celebrate their traditional, religious, cultural and national festivals with special foods.
Food is essential to live.Without taking food we can't live.So for living in the world we need to take food.We take food under our own culture by our individual choice.We cook foods by the tradition of our culture.
Food in Family Life
Food contributes to family life by...
Food is essential for our family. Varieties kinds of food are prepare for our family everyday. Rice, Dal, Fish& Vegetables are major food. These kinds of food are available in our country. We also eat balanced diet everyday.Without eating balanced diet we suffer a lot of diseases.
Family is the place from where people learn about their culture, tradition & other related matter as a family member.We, the people habituated to take food under our culture.We take food by our own choice.As we take food so we feel fit in every step of our life.We need to take care about our family.A person who is phycically & mentally fit can handle all responsibilities and can do all works.We have to contribute in our family .It is easy to serve properly for the person who is physically and mentally fit.So we need to take food to lead a peaceful ,healthy life .
Mealtimes with Families:
In Bangladesh we have 4 meal times in our family.Those are breakfast in the morning,lunch in the afternoon,tea with some light food in evening & dinner at night.
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There is four-meal time in our family every day such as morning, noon, afternoon & night.
In our country we eat meal at 4 times.
1. Breakfast
2. Lunch
3.Evening tea
4. Supper
Special Family Traditons
IN OUR COUNTRY ALL FAMILY HAVE THERE OWN FAMILY TRADITONS.SUCH AS SOME
FAMILY CELEBREATES BIRTH DAY PROGRAM,MARRIGE CERIMONY ETC.
Favorite Family Recipes
(Please create a new page with your recipe and link to it here)
Food in Cultural Life
Food contributes to our cultural life by...
Special Cultural Traditions
We eat panthabat at 7’o clock in the morning, we eat hot rice with fish,dal & vegetable at 1’o clock in the noon. Some time we eat light Tiffin in the afternoon. Finally we eat hot rice with meat, dal & salad at night.
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Bangalies are very much fond of food. They celebrate their different cultural festival with special food. Bangali can't imagine about their special day with respective food for the festive. Here are some example for every one
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POHELA BOISHAKH (First day of Bangla year): People celebrate this cultural festive starting their day having breakfast with PANTA BHAT (Watered Rice) & Elish Bhaja (Hilsha Fish fry).
NOBANNO (Month of harvest): Bangali store their crops in home and with this joy they celebrate NOBANNO. They made PAYESH (Sweet dish made with rice and milk), Various kind of traditional CAKE. Their names are also very interesting. Here are some local name of our CAKE that made by the women for this festive. Patishapta, Puli, Nakshi, Chetoi etc.
PAUSH PARBON (Winter Season): In this season people celebrate Paush Parbon with Date Juice and Bhapa Pitha.
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We have some cultural and traditions or celebration where foods plays a role. This cultural and traditions are- Nabanna Uttsab, Pohela Boishakh etc. In the “Nabanna Utshab” the farmer collect new rice form their paddy field. They make some special food like “payes”, “khichuri” etc with these new rice and celebrate this “Nabanna Utshab” by taking food cooked with new rice. This “Nabanna utshab” is totally food based program.Farmers celebrate this historical culture with a great enjoy.“Pohela Boishak” mean a new bangla year.We,the bangalies celebrate the new year by eating ilsha fish and panta vat(rice). It’s also an very old tradition.
Cultural Foods and Their Significance
The main food of the people of Bangladesh is rice & fish. There is a proverb “Macha Bata Bangali”
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We have many cultural traditions like - Eid, Nabanna utsab, Puja, Bangla Nababatsa etc. In Eid day we eat- meat, shemay( One kind of sweet food), Korma( One kind of meat), chicken biriani and many other things. In Nabanna Ursab we eat- payes, new rice of polao etc. In Puja day we eat- sweet food like sondesh, naru which are made by milk, sugar, coconut etc. and in the Bangla Nababatsa we eat- panta vaat( One kind Of Rice), hilsa fish fry and many many other things. These all foods are important because these are our cultural food.
As Bangladeshi we eat rice with fish,meat,pulses, vegetable etc.We have some cultural tradition.We celebrate the first day of Bengali year which is called here as 'Pohela Boishakh' by taking pantha bhat (one kind of rice) with our national fish Hilsha fish fry . In the morning of that day most of the people take this special food.
In the winter season we eat varities pitha (one kind of cake/fast food) which are made by rice dast, flour, milk, sugar etc.We eat also payesh(one kind of food generally made by rice, milk).We eat also seasonal fruit orange.
In the summer season bisides the all foods we eat the seasonal fruits like mango, watermelon, lichi ,our national fruit Jackfruit etc.
In our culture in most of the occasion like marriage ceremony, bithday, we eat some improved diet like polao(one kind of fried rice, meat , fish, egg, vegetable, cake,verities sweet items,fruits etc.
Favorite Cultural Recipes
We eat special kinds of food it's our cultural tarditions.Such as Magban,Challisha, Mach Patha & Kangali Bhoz. It's very important in our life. It is only one way to difference Rich & poor.
(Please create a new page with your recipe and link to it here)
Food in Spiritual Life
Food contributes to our spiritual life and our spiritual beliefs by...
We are the Bangalies have difference in religion. We are divided in 4 religions, they are Muslim, Hindu, Buddhu & Christian. People of different religion celebrate their own religious festive with freedom. People celebrate their religious festive with different kind of food. It has it's own variety. We can't belive our festive without respective food. Hindu can't do their Puja (Pray) without the food for their God. So we can see that food is very important in our spiritual life. I want to say you more about our festival.
EID: Eid is the main religious festival of Muslim. They celebrate EID 2 times in a year. One is called EID-UL-FITR that muslim celebrate with the food SEMAI (sweet noodles). Another is called EID-UL-ADHA and this EID celebrated by the muslim through slaughtering animals (Cow, Goat, Camel, Buffalo) in the name of Allah. They eat and distribute the meat among the poor.
ROZA (Fast): This is another important festival of muslim. For this festive muslim have to be in fast for 30 days. From morning to evening they don't take any food and not a drop of water also. In the evening as a reward of fast thy take (Ifter) some light food. This festive only for testing the humans (Muslim's) passion and to understand the situation of poor who couldn't take food for all day.
SHOB-E-BARAT (Day of distribute food among the creature by GOD): This is a very important festive of Muslim. Muslim belive that this day God distribute the food for his creature. So this day Muslim make many kind of food, specially Ruti (Hand made round bread) and Halwa (Sweet dish made with carrot, Suji, flour etc) and distribute among the poor for please God so that he store much more food on his/her account. Only for the food Muslim celebrate this festive.
Melad (Way to thanks God): Before of start any good work muslim arrange a Melad with all the near and dear ones. For making pleased the participant they distribute Jelabi (One kind of sweet). Without Jelabi or sweet Muslim feel incomplet the festive.
Others: Hindu Celebrate their festival with speciall food. They dedicate various kind of food and fruits to God for God's pleasure. Christian's main festival is X-Mas. This day is the Birthday of Jews. So they can't imagine their X-Mas without a nice cake.
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On the holiday we eat special kinds of food.We gather in the kitchen room & eat all together .On that day we prepared Khichori , Payesh & various home made foods.
Special Holidays
Pahela Baishak, Independent day,Ekusha February are our special day.On this day we dishes various home made food.
Holiday Foods and Their Significance
In our country friday is our holiday.Some institution remains close on Saturday also.In holiday some improved diet cooked and cooking is organized by the choiceable items of the family members.In holiday's foods some foods get the priority.Those are Polao(one kind of fried rice),Korma(meat cooked by a special method) ,biriani(mixure of polao & meat),Khichuri(one kind of special rice),varities special fish curry,special vegetables,varities Pitha, Payesh,puding etc.
The holiday foods have some significance.The foods are received as very special item.Generally we do not eat those.But in special days we cook those and eat those by sitting together with the family members.
Holiday foods mean home made food such as pitha, Date juice, Alu bharta & garam bhath.It's very important for our life.
IN HOLIDAY WE MADE VARIOUS KIND OF FOOD.SUCH AS PITHA,SAMAY,PAYESH.
Food in National Life National Celebrations
From all of our cultural and religious festival some take place in national celebration. All the programe and festival dont take place in Nationaly. Some festival that got the national support or vacation and they are (Pohela Boishakh, Eid, International Mother Language Day, Independence Day, Victory Day, X-Mas, Durga Puja, Shob-E-Barat, Shob-E-Quadar, Maghi Purnima for Buddhu etc).
National Foods and Their Significance
Our main food is pantha Bhat & fry Hilsha fish. Such kind of food is our national food.
Favorite National Recipes
(Please create a new page with your recipe and link to it here)
Food is important for living life with dignity because...
We can’t live without food. Food is only element to build our body. Without food we can’t live in the world. Delicious food is a kind of food which food increases our social dignity.
...................................................................................................................................................................................
We are the people living in this world, has difference in religions, cultures, family traditions and nationality as well. These things make us different from others. We are the Bangalis have our own cultures and traditions with different religions but our nationality is same. We have different cultural, religious and national festivals with special foods. We give priority that foods for the particular occasions. This is the right of every people to celebrate their traditional, religious, cultural and national festivals with special foods.
Food in Family Life
Food contributes to family life by...
Food is essential for our family. Varieties kinds of food are prepare for our family everyday. Rice, Dal, Fish& Vegetables are major food. These kinds of food are available in our country. We also eat balanced diet everyday.Without eating balanced diet we suffer a lot of diseases.
Mealtimes with Families:
In Bangladesh we have 4 meal times in our family.Those are breakfast in the morning,lunch in the afternoon,tea with some light food in evening & dinner at night.
...................................................................................................................................................................................
There is four-meal time in our family every day such as morning, noon, afternoon & night.
In our country we eat meal at 4 times.
1. Breakfast
2. Lunch
3.Evening tea
4. Supper
Special Family Traditons
IN OUR COUNTRY ALL FAMILY HAVE THERE OWN FAMILY TRADITONS.SUCH AS SOME
FAMILY CELEBREATES BIRTH DAY PROGRAM,MARRIGE CERIMONY ETC.
Favorite Family Recipes
(Please create a new page with your recipe and link to it here)
Food in Cultural Life
Food contributes to our cultural life by...
Special Cultural Traditions
We eat panthabat at 7’o clock in the morning, we eat hot rice with fish,dal & vegetable at 1’o clock in the noon. Some time we eat light Tiffin in the afternoon. Finally we eat hot rice with meat, dal & salad at night.
...................................................................................................................................................................................
Bangalies are very much fond of food. They celebrate their different cultural festival with special food. Bangali can't imagine about their special day with respective food for the festive. Here are some example for every one
....................................................................................................................................................................................
- POHELA BOISHAKH (First day of Bangla year): People celebrate this cultural festive starting their day having breakfast with PANTA BHAT (Watered Rice) & Elish Bhaja (Hilsha Fish fry).
- NOBANNO (Month of harvest): Bangali store their crops in home and with this joy they celebrate NOBANNO. They made PAYESH (Sweet dish made with rice and milk), Various kind of traditional CAKE. Their names are also very interesting. Here are some local name of our CAKE that made by the women for this festive. Patishapta, Puli, Nakshi, Chetoi etc.
- PAUSH PARBON (Winter Season): In this season people celebrate Paush Parbon with Date Juice and Bhapa Pitha.
...................................................................................................................................................................................We have some cultural and traditions or celebration where foods plays a role. This cultural and traditions are- Nabanna Uttsab, Pohela Boishakh etc. In the “Nabanna Utshab” the farmer collect new rice form their paddy field. They make some special food like “payes”, “khichuri” etc with these new rice and celebrate this “Nabanna Utshab” by taking food cooked with new rice. This “Nabanna utshab” is totally food based program.Farmers celebrate this historical culture with a great enjoy.“Pohela Boishak” mean a new bangla year.We,the bangalies celebrate the new year by eating ilsha fish and panta vat(rice). It’s also an very old tradition.
Cultural Foods and Their Significance
The main food of the people of Bangladesh is rice & fish. There is a proverb “Macha Bata Bangali”
..................................................................................................................................................................................
We have many cultural traditions like - Eid, Nabanna utsab, Puja, Bangla Nababatsa etc. In Eid day we eat- meat, shemay( One kind of sweet food), Korma( One kind of meat), chicken biriani and many other things. In Nabanna Ursab we eat- payes, new rice of polao etc. In Puja day we eat- sweet food like sondesh, naru which are made by milk, sugar, coconut etc. and in the Bangla Nababatsa we eat- panta vaat( One kind Of Rice), hilsa fish fry and many many other things. These all foods are important because these are our cultural food.
- As Bangladeshi we eat rice with fish,meat,pulses, vegetable etc.We have some cultural tradition.We celebrate the first day of Bengali year which is called here as 'Pohela Boishakh' by taking pantha bhat (one kind of rice) with our national fish Hilsha fish fry . In the morning of that day most of the people take this special food.
In the winter season we eat varities pitha (one kind of cake/fast food) which are made by rice dast, flour, milk, sugar etc.We eat also payesh(one kind of food generally made by rice, milk).We eat also seasonal fruit orange.In the summer season bisides the all foods we eat the seasonal fruits like mango, watermelon, lichi ,our national fruit Jackfruit etc.
In our culture in most of the occasion like marriage ceremony, bithday, we eat some improved diet like polao(one kind of fried rice, meat , fish, egg, vegetable, cake,verities sweet items,fruits etc.
Favorite Cultural Recipes
We eat special kinds of food it's our cultural tarditions.Such as Magban,Challisha, Mach Patha & Kangali Bhoz. It's very important in our life. It is only one way to difference Rich & poor.
(Please create a new page with your recipe and link to it here)
Food in Spiritual Life
Food contributes to our spiritual life and our spiritual beliefs by...
We are the Bangalies have difference in religion. We are divided in 4 religions, they are Muslim, Hindu, Buddhu & Christian. People of different religion celebrate their own religious festive with freedom. People celebrate their religious festive with different kind of food. It has it's own variety. We can't belive our festive without respective food. Hindu can't do their Puja (Pray) without the food for their God. So we can see that food is very important in our spiritual life. I want to say you more about our festival.
- EID: Eid is the main religious festival of Muslim. They celebrate EID 2 times in a year. One is called EID-UL-FITR that muslim celebrate with the food SEMAI (sweet noodles). Another is called EID-UL-ADHA and this EID celebrated by the muslim through slaughtering animals (Cow, Goat, Camel, Buffalo) in the name of Allah. They eat and distribute the meat among the poor.
- ROZA (Fast): This is another important festival of muslim. For this festive muslim have to be in fast for 30 days. From morning to evening they don't take any food and not a drop of water also. In the evening as a reward of fast thy take (Ifter) some light food. This festive only for testing the humans (Muslim's) passion and to understand the situation of poor who couldn't take food for all day.
- SHOB-E-BARAT (Day of distribute food among the creature by GOD): This is a very important festive of Muslim. Muslim belive that this day God distribute the food for his creature. So this day Muslim make many kind of food, specially Ruti (Hand made round bread) and Halwa (Sweet dish made with carrot, Suji, flour etc) and distribute among the poor for please God so that he store much more food on his/her account. Only for the food Muslim celebrate this festive.
- Melad (Way to thanks God): Before of start any good work muslim arrange a Melad with all the near and dear ones. For making pleased the participant they distribute Jelabi (One kind of sweet). Without Jelabi or sweet Muslim feel incomplet the festive.
- Others: Hindu Celebrate their festival with speciall food. They dedicate various kind of food and fruits to God for God's pleasure. Christian's main festival is X-Mas. This day is the Birthday of Jews. So they can't imagine their X-Mas without a nice cake.
...................................................................................................................................................................................On the holiday we eat special kinds of food.We gather in the kitchen room & eat all together .On that day we prepared Khichori , Payesh & various home made foods.
Special Holidays
Pahela Baishak, Independent day,Ekusha February are our special day.On this day we dishes various home made food.
Holiday Foods and Their Significance
The holiday foods have some significance.The foods are received as very special item.Generally we do not eat those.But in special days we cook those and eat those by sitting together with the family members.
Holiday foods mean home made food such as pitha, Date juice, Alu bharta & garam bhath.It's very important for our life.
IN HOLIDAY WE MADE VARIOUS KIND OF FOOD.SUCH AS PITHA,SAMAY,PAYESH.
Favorite Holiday Recipes
KHICHORI & PAYESH: METHOD OF COOKING
Dal Pitha(Pulse Cake)
Food in National Life
National Celebrations
From all of our cultural and religious festival some take place in national celebration. All the programe and festival dont take place in Nationaly. Some festival that got the national support or vacation and they are (Pohela Boishakh, Eid, International Mother Language Day, Independence Day, Victory Day, X-Mas, Durga Puja, Shob-E-Barat, Shob-E-Quadar, Maghi Purnima for Buddhu etc).
National Foods and Their Significance
Our main food is pantha Bhat & fry Hilsha fish. Such kind of food is our national food.
Favorite National Recipes
(Please create a new page with your recipe and link to it here)
GCYP Food Heritage Sites
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External Links/Resources**
The Food Museum Online