The boro paddy in the field has been harvested quite a while ago,now waiting for the rain water. But while waiting for the heavy rains and the downpour,the crop lands of the whole downstream area are now like football fields.
At this time,the rural boys sometimes divided into Epara vs.Opara,and sometimes divided into village vs.village and played football on the field.
This team of games is sometimes divided into married-unmarried, Brazil vs. Argentina.
For the winning team in this game there is a pair of swans or goats bought by the players of both the parties for money.
At the end of the game, the children and teenagers of the village also joined in the singing and dancing of the members of the winning team.
Such a picture was seen on Friday during Eid holiday in a village of Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria.
In the afternoon, married and unmarried people of Uttarpara of the village were divided into two teams to play football.The villagers had to encourage them from outside the field boundaries. Mike was also described during the game.
Those who were players, they are all involved in one profession or another in need of livelihood.Some are agricultural workers, some are naval workers,some are involved in small business or shop in the city.Among them were rickshaw pullers or expatriate Bangladeshis.
Siraj Uddin, a 60-year-old man from the village,told bdnews24.com that most of the families in Boishakh were busy picking paddy.No one has even a moment's time to pick up rice at home.
“When the rice harvest is over, everyone is retired.Then there is no more work.At this time everyone is waiting for rain water.In three or four weeks, the children and teenagers of the village walk around the field with footballs.
Atab Ullah, a resident of the village, commented that playing football in this way is part of the rural tradition after harvesting one-time crops a year from the Boro fields.
This old man's comment, "When we were young, like 40/42 years ago, I used to take a baina from my father to buy a football. That's how I used to play on the field with that football.
He said,“After a few weeks of football,when the whole field is flooded with rain water,many people will go fishing with nets again.In this way, there will be water in the field for four months in a row,and then the fishermen will catch fish."