Earthen pots and pans, pottery, toys, home decor items, food, da-khunti, cool mats, brooms, hand fans, furniture, tree saplings—what’s not in this fair. Although the fair is originally for three days, four days before the start of the fair, the vendors kept coming to different areas around the Laldighi grounds. For example, let’s take Shobha handicraft. Like every year, the workers of the organization have come from Dhaka’s Doel Chattar. They are sitting in the petrol pump area of Laldighi. Seller Samsher Ali said that they came to the fair on Saturday. A truckload of pottery and furniture has been brought. Like every year, after the end of the fair, they will sell everything and return.
Nayan Islam, who brought various pottery items from Rajshahi, said that the attendance of buyers on the first day of the fair was a little less due to the heat. He said, because of the heat, there are fewer buyers. Expecting some buyers in the afternoon and evening.
Imran and Nawab Ali brought different designs of furniture from Dhaka. They are also looking for buyers. They said that some things are being sold since morning. However, it is hopeful that it may increase a little in the afternoon.
Most of the buyers are interested in the flower brooms and hand fans that come to the fair. Many families in the city look to the fair for many household items such as brooms, brooms, sanders, bread-making ladles.
