Question

How a village fair is better than a city fair

Answer 1

A village fair is a great event in the life of the villagers. In some villages, it is held on particular festive occasions like the Pahela Baishak, religious event etc. It gathers on fixed sites. Such fairs take more or less the turn of a “Bazar”.

The “Paush-mela” is also a very important village fair. A village fair is also held to commemorate the death of a saint or an ascetic person of the village. However, the day of the fair s a day of great rejoicing.

Traders from different places come to the fair and set up their temporary shops. They colorfully decorate their shops and put on display their articles to sell. There are relatively cheap fancy goods that attract the young boys and girls most.

Other things that lure the children are muri, binni, khoi and verities of candies and sweet meats. The women get their earthen utensils and wooden equipment bought from the fair. The village fair is also a place of joy and fun for the villagers. Magicians, circus parties and opera bands also put up their tents in a village fair and add to the joy and delight of the people. Everybody waits for this annual event with great hope and attends it with profound pleasures.