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20220818_zip_s231_001 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_002 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_005 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_006 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_008 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_007 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_009 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_010 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_012 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_011 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_014 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220818_zip_s231_013 August 18, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A Floating Guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220817_zip_s231_020 August 17, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220817_zip_s231_023 August 17, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220817_zip_s231_018 August 17, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220817_zip_s231_019 August 17, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220817_zip_s231_022 August 17, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220817_zip_s231_024 August 17, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220817_zip_s231_025 August 17, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Farmers collect guavas from the nearby orchards, bring them to the market by boats and sell them in crate boxes. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are supplied all across the country everyday. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_026 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_027 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_028 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_030 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_029 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_033 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_032 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_035 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_010 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_011 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_012 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_014 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_015 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_013 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

20220816_zip_s231_016 August 16, 2022, Barisal, Barisal, Bangladesh: A floating guava market in the country's southern Barisal district, Known as ''The Venice of Bengal'', is now abuzz with buyers and sellers in Swarupkathi, Barisal, Bangladesh as the harvest of guava is on its peak. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The guavas are grown in orchards which sit along the river and are transported by boats to the market as the use of boats reduces transportation costs for the farmers. Barisal is especially known for Guava, fondly called the â??Apple of Bengalâ?. Around 130-140 tonnes of guava are sold daily. As Barisal is the biggest grower of the native varieties of guava in the country, with an annual production volume exceeding 15,000 metric tonnes, farmers heavily rely on guava farming. The floating market appears as the centre of Barisal (aka The Venice of Bengal) beauty. Guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. The eye-soothing guava orchards on canals over Jhalokathi's Sugandha, Bishkhali, Gabkhan and Sandhya river are Southern region's main places of guava farming. Every day, thousands of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. All of this started 125 years ago when one Purno Mondal from Nesarabad upazila brought back some guava seeds from Goya and planted them in his village home. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Nobody knows when the idea of this floating market began, but it's a hundred-year old tradition. Development and modernization are taking over the country but it's surprising to see them not reaching this river-oriented life yet. For more than 100 years, the local farmers have been experiencing the ups and downs of life along with the ebb and flow of the river. (Credit Image: © Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire)

alb4494966 Folding fan, consisting of a paper sheet painted in gouache with 'The Judgment of Paris' on a mother-of-pearl frame à jour and embossed with 'metal and quatre couleurs', consisting of a paper gouache leaf painted with 'The Judgment of Paris' on a mother-of-pearl frame à jour and embossed with 'métal and quatre couleurs'. In the central show, Paris sits on a rock and holds a shepherd's staff in his left hand and hands the golden apple to Venus with his right hand. On the left behind Paris is Hermes with his characteristic staff in his hand. To the right of Venus, with amor on the left, stands Athens with helmet and spear and Juno sits with the peacock on a rock. In the left foreground two putti play with a sheep. The show is surrounded by flower garlands, fruits and gold-colored ornaments. In the top left corner a medallion with an elegant young woman dressed in a blue dress and with a blue hat on the head. In the top right corner there is a medallion with an elegant young man with powdered hair and a tail with a black bow, a pink-red frame including a gray cardigan and a white shirt. In the lower left corner a few (tortel) pigeons on a nest, in the lower right corner a few torturing pigeons. The frame consists of 22 contiguous legs, on which four cartouches with music-making and conversing couples. Putti, a trophy with a straw hat, grain sheaves and a flail are placed on the hind legs, under a man or woman with a basket of fruits. On the back of the single leaf a sitting female is painted under a tree. She is dressed in a blue robe à la francaise with a lacing at the center front. A small hat leaning forward on the head and a bouquet in her right hand. The leaf is surrounded by a garland with red roses and blue flowers. Lock pin of green colored glass in a metal setting, the Judgment of Paris (without Mercury), anonymous, France (possibly), c. 1775 - c. 1780, blad, schildering, montuur, sluitpin, steundeel, cutting, l 28.5 cm × s 51 cm.