Paragraph “Pastimes 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 mechanical. Hence, they try to go out of the din and bustle of urban life. They usually go to the park, visit the zoo and amusement parks with their children. Besides, watching TV, hiking, bird watching, camping, etc. have been very popular with urban people. But rural people are deprived of modern amenities. Hence, they enjoy gossipping in their leisure. It is noteworthy that the facilities of the dish antenna have reached many remote villages in 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 a storm on the cup of tea in the tea stall about the political condition of the country. Thus, it is found that the pastimes of the urban people are different from those of the rural people.