Once a familiar sight across rural Bangladesh, the serene image of cattle grazing along field ridges and open pastures gradually disappears. In the not-so-distant past, nearly every farming household in Cox’s Bazar’s villages had a cowshed full of livestock.
Every day, herders could be seen leading their cattle through village paths and lush grazing fields, often with a stick in hand used to guide and control the animals. These peaceful rural scenes—woven into the cultural fabric of the countryside—are now fading due to the rapid decline of accessible grazing land.
Yet, a rare glimpse of this vanishing tradition has been found in Mongla Para, a village along the Cox’s Bazar Marine Drive. Under an open sky and surrounded by vibrant greenery, herds of cattle roam freely across vast open fields. The landscape, lined with stretches of green and the mingling presence of other livestock, revives memories of a pastoral charm that once defined the rhythms of rural life.
By Mohammad Morshed
Photo: Hussain Shetu
