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Tailor made itineraries, Tailor made tour

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  Tours and Trips Bangladesh (ToursnTripsBD) has a worldwide reputation for creating tailor-made itineraries of various interests. We focus on a select number of destinations, and our years of exploring and organizing holidays in these regions offer you an insight that you may otherwise miss; encompassing all you wish to see and do whilst making the most of your precious holiday time. We pride ourselves on providing an authentic experience for our clients using intimate and characterful hotels, local enthusiastic guides and creating itineraries that along with the main historical sights combine visits and activities that truly reveal the area you are visiting; avoiding the obvious tourist traps.   If you would like us to create an itinerary for you please fill in the enquiry form and we will get back to you if we have any further questions before sending a suggested itinerary for you to have a look at. If you need some inspiration before making the enquiry it can help to brow...

Baul Mela

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On the occasion of Lalon Shah’s birthday, the folk singers (Bauls) perform Lalon’s songs, usually under a banyan tree or on the bank of a river near a village and a group of people organize a fair at the spot. Rural musical instruments, handicrafts, pottery, light snacks and household items are available in the fair which runs for three days or in some places one week or even longer than that. At present, such fairs are also organized in urban areas and a good number of singers come from different parts of the country. Old and young, men and women, rich and poor participate in the fair with great enthusiasm. Read more

Christmas | Baradin (in Bangla)

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Christmas Day celebrated on the 25th of December, is the most festive and joyous occasion celebrated with religious freedom by the Christians in Bangladesh and is also a declared public holiday. The celebration of Christmas features special prayers in churches on Christmas Eve, exchange of gifts and cards to express Christmas greetings, arrangements of feasts to be shared with friends and family. Some churches hosts religious gathering while others invite the community to join them to decorate the Christmas tree and sing carols. People in Bangladesh embellish their houses with local handmade decors, candles and lit up Christmas trees. Bengali Christians greet their loved ones by saying ‘Shubho Boro Din’ and offer traditional sweets and pithas. Five star hotels also arrange special Christmas program where Santa distributes gifts amongst the children. Tribal communities follow their own tradition, which is slightly different from the Bengali tradition. The Christian villagers plant banan...