Hundreds
of thousand people have flocked on the embankment of the Madhumati
River in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district to watch Nouka Baich (a
popular traditional boat race).
The completion was held in the river along Sheikh Hasina Bridge on Wednesday afternoon.
Upazila
kriya Sangstha arranged the competition where Dr Sree Baren Shikder,
lawmaker from Magura-2 constituency, was present as the chief guest.
Among others, the district deputy commissioner Ashraful Alam,
superintendent of the district police Khan Muhammad Rezwan, the upazila
parishad chairman Abu Abdullahil Kafi, the upazila nirbahi officer
Ramananda Pal, were present.
A village fair was also held on the occasion of the popular game.
People
of different age groups -- children to elderly men and women--started
to throng the banks of the river to enjoy the rural traditional
game since Wednesday morning which started at 4:00pm, reports
our local correspondent attending the competition.
A total of 15 boats from nearby districts participated in the competition.
Boat
of Abdus Salam Murshidi of Terokhada upazila of Khulna district won the
race while boat of Mokhles Molla of Alfadanga upazila of Faridpur and
boat of Harni Majhi of Gopalganj secured second and third position
respectively.
The winners received Tk 30,000, Tk 20,000 and Tk 15,000 respectively as well as crests.
MU/MUS
