This document provides an overview of a presentation about Bangladesh. The presentation includes sections on Bangladesh's geography, nonverbal use of clothing, rituals, gender roles, and religion. Each section will be presented by a different member of the group. The purpose is to inform viewers about key geographical facts, cultural traditions, and social practices in Bangladesh. After viewing, audiences will understand the country's landscape, clothing norms, rituals, gender dynamics, and religious landscape. The presentation concludes by listing the presenters for each section and posing a few open-ended questions.

1. Table of Contents
• Geography of Bangladesh (By Mariya Roata)
• Bangladesh Nonverbal use of Clothing (formal and informal) (By …)
• Bangladesh Rituals (verbal and nonverbal traditions) (By Kasey Murrey)
• Bangladesh Gender Roles (By Yelena Mikshanskaya)
• Bangladesh Religion (By …)
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• The purpose of this presentation is to tell the viewer as much information about
Bangladesh as possible. After viewing this presentation you will know geographical facts,
nonverbal use of clothing, rituals, gender roles and about religion of Bangladesh.

2. Geography of Bangladesh
(By: Mariya Roata)
Group # 5
(Image:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paharpur_03.JPG)
Somapura Mahavihara in Paharpur,
Bangladesh: the greatest Buddhist Vihara in
the Indian Subcontinent, built by
Dharmapala of Bengal

3. Geographical FactsBangladesh:
Bordered by India on all sides except
for a small border with Burma
(Myanmar)
Lies between latitudes 20° and 27°N,
and longitudes 88° and 93°E.
Most parts are less than 12 m (39.4 ft)
above the sea level
Water is contaminated with arsenic
frequently because of the high
arsenic contents in the soil
Total area is 56,977 sq mi
(147,570 km2)
93.6% land and 6.4% water
Floods, tropical cyclones, tornadoes,
and tidal bores occur almost every
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh

4. BANGLADESH
• Group project, created by:
• Yelena Mikshanskaya, Kasey Murrey, Molly
Peterson, Jason Rexroad, Mariya Roata, and
Stephen Stabbert
• November 18, 2011

5. More Geographical FactsBangladesh:
Map references is Asia
Comparative: Slightly smaller than Iowa
Coast line is 580 km
Climate is tropical; mild winter (October
to March); hot, humid summer (March to
June); humid, warm rainy monsoon
(June to October)
Terrain is mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly
in southeast
Natural resources are natural gas,
arable land, timber and coal
50,500 sq km are irrigated land
Land use:
 Arable land: 55%
 Permanent crops 3%
 Other: 42%
Source: cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-
Bangladesh Land Use Distribution
Image:

6. The rest of the parts go after…
• Hey class, it would be nice if the rest of the power point would look
the same.
• Try to put a picture on each slide, so it wont be dull looking
• Fill in the table of contents and conclusion slides on who is going to
do what and I filled in myself about the religion, so if you want to
do something different you are free to change it.
• Since we have to have 3-5 open questions, and there is 5 of us so
just come up with a question from your topic and that will be a lot
easier.
• Please review and correct if you see errors and delete this page
before turning in.
• Hope I did everything correct and I am off to pretty soon labor!!
Good luck!!

7. Verbal Rituals
• when the speak it is very implicit/indirect.
• they have very long and “rich” contextualized
sentences that are only understood with the
correct body language.
• When speaking they stand very close
together, unless speaking with a woman.
• From an outsiders point of view the way they77

8. Nonverbal Rituals
• Being angry, lack of personal hygiene, eye
contact, frustration, or bad eye contact mean
your “unwelcoming” to others.
• In the business world negative gestures cause
a great discomfort for customers.
• If smiles, eye contact, and assertive body
language is displayed people feel like they are88

9. Greeting Rituals
• Men shake hands with men.
• If uncertain to shake hands with a woman,
wait for a woman to extend their hand.
• When you walk in a room greet the oldest
person first
• When saying goodbye you must say bye to
everyone individually.
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10. The correct way to address someone
• . Indians revere titles such as Professor, Doctor
and Engineer.
. Status is determined by age, university degree,
caste and profession.
. If someone does not have a professional title,
use the honorific title "Sir" or "Madam".
. Titles are used with the person's name or the
surname, depending upon the person's name.
• Wait to be invited before using someone's first
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11. The Gender Roles
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Adapting to others who are different from you can be both
interesting and challenging. Intercultural communication
competence is described as, “ The ability to adapt one’s
behavior toward another person in ways that are
appropriate to other persons culture” (Beebe et al., 2010).
Learning the main gender roles in Bangladesh , would you
easily adapt to this culture?

12. Children
 In Bangladesh about 55 million people live in
poverty. Parents greatly influence children to
participate in labor. Therefore, kids are found to
be working an average of 48 hours a week in
hazardous environments which include
industries (Hossain ,2010).
 Following orders is expected, commands must
be obeyed as a sign of respect for both girls and
boys (Nimbark, 2001).
 Daughters are to help their mothers with the
household. Therefore, females stop attending
school earlier than males. As for Boys, they
have more latitude for movement outside the
household ( Nimbark, 2001).
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13. Women
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 In Bangladesh women are dependent on men
throughout their whole lives from fathers, to
husbands, and even sons.
 Women are expected to get married between ages
fifteen and twenty. They are always expected to
please their husbands desires (SIGI, 2011).
 The Constitution affirms gender equality, but state
legislation and institutions often ignore women's
rights. Furthermore women and young girls are more
disadvantaged than men in their access to
education, health care, and financial assets
(SIGI, 2011).
 Women have no protection against violence which is
quite common. Especially sexual harassment,
assaults, and rapes. Acid attacks are common and
are usually caused by revenge due to rejection.
Also, after the husband returns tired from a long day
at work (Hossain, 2010).
 Women are allowed to speak only when spoken to
and are never seen in public events. Their lives
revolve around their husbands, children, cooking,
cattle feeding, and processing rice (SIGI, 2011).

14. Men• In Bangladesh men are the main wage
earners and decision makers.
Therefore, fathers decide who their
children marry (Maloney& Aziz,
2001).
• Men are expected to marry at around
twenty-five or older. Some men who
are comfortable economically have
two or more wife's indicating he can
support more than one wife
(Maloney& Aziz, 2001).
• Men’s work is agriculture such as:
office tending, business matters, and
shopping. With exceptions such as
weeding which is only done by poor,
tribal, or old women(Maloney & Aziz,
2001).
• Men handle all the money (Hossain,
2010).
• Men beat their wife’s if she speaks to
other males, or doesn’t respect her
parents in law (Maloney& Aziz, 2001).
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15. In Conclusion, Bangladesh has a lot of
interesting information that a lot of the
people do not know about.
• The main points were presented by:
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• Geography of Bangladesh (By Mariya Roata)
• Bangladesh Nonverbal use of Clothing (formal and informal) (By …)
• Bangladesh Rituals (verbal and nonverbal traditions) (By Kasey Murrey )
• Bangladesh Gender Roles (By Yelena Mikshanskaya)
• Bangladesh Religion (By …)
• The goal of the presentation was…

16. Questions
• 1. What are the 3 major (biggest) rivers in Bangladesh?
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• 2. What order do you say goodbye to people in
Bangladesh?
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• 3. What are some major differences between gender
roles in Bangladesh and America?
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• 4.
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• 5.

17. References
• South Asia: Bangladesh. (n.d.). The World Factbook. Retrieved October 21,
2011, from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-
factbook/geos/bg.html
• Walker, B. (n.d.). Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia. Retrieved October 21, 2011, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh
• April. (2011, Apr 14). Culture of bangladesh - history, people, clothing,
traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family. Retrieved from
http://www.everyculture.com/A-Bo/Bangladesh.html
• Cultural information - bangladesh. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.intercultures.ca/cil-cai/ci-ic-eng.asp?iso=bd
• Silence. (2005). Bangladesh - culture, customs, language and etiquette.
Retrieved from http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-
etiquette/bangladesh.html

18. References
 Hossain , M. H. (2010). Child labour:trends and features . Retrieved from
http://www.banglarights.net/HTML/Childlabour.htm
 Nimbark, A. (2001). Bangladesh. In R. Marlow-Ferguson (Ed.), World Education Encyclopedia (2nd ed., Vol. 1, pp. 98-
102). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE
%7CCX3409700026&v=2.1&u=tacoma_comm&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w
 SIGI (Social Institutions And Gender Index) (2011), Gender equality and social institutions in Bangladesh .
Retrieved from http://genderindex.org/country/bangladesh
 NLM (A service of the U.S National Institutes of health) (2011), Gender and sexuality among men and women in
Bangladesh. Retrieved from http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102259568.html
 Ashraful Aziz, A. A., & Clarence Maloney, C. M. (2001). Life stages, gender and fertility in Bangladesh. (pp. 74-80).
International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh. Retrieved from
http://dspace.icddrb.org/dspace/bitstream/123456789/2564/1/Life stages gender and fertility in Bangladesh,
Monograph No 3.pdf
 Beebe, S. A., Beebe, S. J., & Ivy, D. K. (2010). The Blue Book of Communication Studies (TCC Custom Edition ed. , pp.
161). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
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