Read the passage carefully and answer the questions 1, 2 & 3 following it.

The ethnic people in Bangladesh hold a very important place in the culture of the country.

The majority of these people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The others live in the regions of Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. They live in forest areas, in the hills and in rural areas. They practise Jhum cultivation. They clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it. They are mostly farmers. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists. They speak their own mother tongues. Some of them are Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the Moorangs who live in the Hill Tracts. The Santals live in Rajshahi. The Khasias and the Monipuries live in Sylhet and the Hajangs and the Garos in Mymensingh.

Most of the ethnic people living in Bangladesh have some common characteristics. They have their own lifestyles.

They build their houses on bamboo or wooden platforms called ‘machang.’ Rice is their staple food. They eat vegetables, maize and fish, poultry and meat. Their kitchen utensils are bamboo, wooden and earthen pots which they make themselves. Men wear lungis and women wear thamis or sarongs and angis. Women weave their own clothes.

Hunting and fishing are their favourite pastimes. They are fond of songs, music, dances, theatre and fair. Traditional musical instruments used are bugles made from buffalo hos, drums and bamboo flutes. Wrestling is a popular sport for them.

03. Read the passage ‘A’ again. Now, write the summary of it in around 50 words. 10

Answer:

Most of the ethnic people of Bangladesh live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts while a few of them live in some areas of Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. Most of them are farmers and live in the forests. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists.

They have different lifestyles and cultures. They eat rice, vegetables, maize, fish, poultry and meat. Men wear lungis and women wear thamis or sarongs and angis. They are fond of songs, music and dances. Wrestling is their favourite sport.