The Kora in Dinajpur

Bangladesh is a small country of only about 147,570 square kilometers (BBS Census, 1981) but her social and cultural life is so varied here that the land can be termed as a paradise for social scientists. In particular the country belongs good number of ethnic groups with their age- old traditions and culture. These ethnic groups have distinct culture of them, which is very much different from that of the plain land society at large. But because of pressure of both external and internal forces, such as modernization, urbanization, industrialization and globalization, their apparent peaceful life is being threatened. One of such ethnic group is the "KORA" of Bangladesh.This book is an Ethnography about this small ethnic community 'KORA'. They are only 60 in numbers and now living in a small village in Dinajpur, Bangladesh.