Pastimes in Urban and Rural Areas

Pastimes in Urban and Rural AreasPastimes in Urban and Rural Areas





(a) Why are Pastimes necessary? (b) What types of Pastimes are there in villages? (c) What types of pastimes are in towns or cities? (d) Where are more facilities of pastimes in the villages or in the towns? (e) How do games and sports play a role in this regard?

 

Pastimes are the spices of life as they remove monotony and fatigue of life. Pastimes vary from person to person and urban to rural life. The urban people are exposed to all modern amenities. Besides, their life is too much mechanical. Hence, they try to go out of the din and bustle of the urban life. They usually go to the park, visit zoo and amusement parks with their children. Besides, watching T.V., hiking, bird watching, camping etc. have been very popular with the urban people. But the rural people are deprived of modern amenities. Hence, they enjoy gossipping in their leisure. It is noteworthy that the facilities of dish antenna has reached many remote villages of Bangladesh. As a result, people are now enjoying TV watching. Besides, Jatra, jarigan, sharigan, snake charming, magic shows etc. are still popular in rural areas. Village people also enjoy our native games, for example, Kabadi, football, Ha-du-du etc. Besides, very often they raise storm on the cup of tea in the tea stall about political condition of the country. Thus, it is found that pastimes of the urban people are different from those of the rural people