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              The street hawker A street hawker is very common and familiar Person in every town and city. Some of them stand at street corners and some others move from door to door. He has adopted this profession by necessity rather than choice as he is not educated and has no money. So he chose hawking as it needs very less money. He deals in things of daily use. These consist of vegetable, fruit, cloth, utensil, sweets, ice-cream, parched grams, soap and toys. He usually buys his daily stock of goods and tries to sell them by the end of the day. He display their articles in an attractive manner. He carries goods in hand cart, basket or on a cycle. There are other type of hawkers also. They sell nothing but buy things. The kabariwalas belong to this category of hawker. They move from locality to locality and buy waste articles like empty bottles, old newspapers, magazines, books, plastic and ti...

                     The UNICEF The United Nations Children's Fund ( UNICEF ) is a United Nations (UN) programme headquartered in New York City that provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund was created by the United Nations General Assembly on 11 December 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. The Polish physician Ludwik Rajchman is widely regarded as the founder of UNICEF and served as its first chairman from 1946. On Rajchman's suggestion, the American Maurice Pate was appointed its first executive director, serving from 1947 until his death in 1965. In 1950, UNICEF's mandate was extended to address the long-term needs of children and...

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A Tea Stall   A tea stall is a small shop where prepared tea and a few snacks are sold or served for money. It is a found in cities, towns, bazaars, railway stations, and bus-stands and even in villages. It is a common sight in our country. It is found in cities, bazars, towns , railway stations, bus stands , beside school, college and even in villages. There are several chairs, tables and benches in a tea stall. Prepared tea is sold here. Biscuits , cakes, bananas, cigerates and betel leaf are also sold here. In a tea stall, there is a boy or two who serve to the customers. There is often a boy or two to serve the tea to the customers. The manager sits behind the cash box and collects the money from the customers. An ordinary tea stall is dirty. A kettle is always kept hot on the stove. A tea stall opens in the morning and closes at late night. A tea stall is popular place. People of different ages and classes come here. They take tea and talk with one anot...

                     The River Gypsies The 1 million river gypsies of Bangladesh are known as Bede. Bede or Beday is a nomadic ethnic group of Bangladesh. The Bede traditionally live, travel, and earn their living on the river, which has given them the name of "Water Gypsy" or "River Gypsy". Bede people are similar to gypsy people. They travel in groups and never stay in one place for more than a couple of months. The majority of the Bedes live on snake related trading, such as snake charming(training), snake catching, snake selling, etc. They also sell lucky heathers, herbal medicines, which they claim have magical properties. Bede's other occupations are in the entertainment services (e.g. monkey shows, magic shows) and petty trading. Many villagers believe in the magical powers of the gypsies. They can make evil spirits leave someone's body according to magical powers. S...

                   The Ama divers One of the lesser-known but fascinating parts of Japanese culture is that of the Ama pearl divers . Ama are Japanese divers, famous for collecting pearls. The majority of ama are women. Ama means "sea woman". Japanese tradition holds that the practice of ama may be 2,000 years old. Traditionally, and even as recently as the 1960s, ama dived wearing only a loincloth. Even in modern times, ama dive without scuba gear or air tanks, making them a traditional sort of free-diver. Depending on the region, ama may dive with masks, fins, and torso-covering wet suits at the most. Only divers who work for tourist attractions use white, partially transparent suits. Ama are famous for pearl diving, but originally they dived for food like seaweed, shellfish, lobsters, octopus, and sea urchins — and oysters which sometimes have pearls. Ama can keep diving well into...