Religion

For a number of years the 'Goodmorning Bed & Breakfast', located in Bonani, has been a safe haven for visitors from many different countries. The guesthouse was suppose to be a training facility for young underprivilegde youth in Dhaka, and run by the Vialisa Foundation. However due to sickness of the founder of the foundation, the guesthouse had to close it's doors. An honest attempt to keep the guesthouse alive on a different location, with a legal status and a different management, turned out to be an idealistic, but impossible task.

So I decided to use this website for all you people who are planning to visit Bangladesh and can use some real life information about this city. I hope you find it usefull and if you do, please share and spread the word! We thank the people who have supported us and trusted us to be their host during their stay in crazy Dhaka.

Religion

Religion in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a multi-religious country, but most of the people are Muslim. For this reason, Bangladesh knows an exceptional high number of national holiday, since all holidays of each religion are respected and celebrated.

The Muslim religion in Bangladesh is mixed with a lot of pre-Islam folk traditions. Bangladeshis believe in shamanism and the powers of fakirs (Muslim holy men who are exorcists and faith healers), ojhaa (shamins with magical healing powers), and Bauls (religious mendicants and wandering musicians).

There is a strong tradition of music, dance, and literature that includes classical devotions of Hindu and Muslim music.

Two of the most asked questions
'What religion are you?'. If you're not a Muslim, don't be affraid to say so. The second most asked question (to me) is if I am married and people find it very strange to here that an old guy like me (40) is still not married. In the begining I made some effords to explain, but I stopped doing that. When it comes to religion, I don't get in to discussions and that would also be my advise to visitors.

Where is the guesthouse?