The arrival of winter is busy with coating; Dhunkar’s winter market has gathered in Palashbari

As soon as the first wind of winter blows, the festival of making Lep Toshak is gathered in the village of Palashbari. The light touch of winter in the air in the morning, along with the tungtang sound of the buskers’ busyness, all together, the message of the arrival of winter has created a new active environment.
For a few days, the winter is increasing a little, starting from the remote villages of the upazila to the hat market of the cityThe fumes of making Lep Toshak have fallen. Some are sitting in shops, some are walking on the village roads, removing the old coating and washing the cotton and decorating it as a new one. It is as if the old carpet is becoming a brand new one by the hands of Dhunkars. On Tuesday (25 November 2025), it can be seen that SM High School Market, Town Hall Baranda, Dholbhanga, Matherhat, Farikhat, Amlagachi, Talukjamira and Kashiabarihat are crowded every day in the upazila.Buyers are doing. Cotton cleaning, washing, cloth wrapping and sewing are all the seasonal activities of winter. Roshan Mia, a thresher of Harinmari village, said, “I work in coating and bedding throughout the year. But the busyness is a little more at the beginning of winter. This time, the price of cotton and cloth has increased a lot. It takes Tk 50 to 70 per yard to make cloth, Tk 55 to Tk 120 for toshka cloth. Garments cotton is from 50 per kg. 160 Taka, and Shimul Tula 400money Wages for coating 300-400 taka, toshak 250-300 taka. After all this, there is no profit as before.” He also said that instead of making a new coating, many people are now removing the old coating and cleaning the cotton and making it with new cloth. The lower middle class families are leaning towards this path because of the low cost.
In the words of Bebi Begum of Shimulia village in the city, that reality is also “it takes a lot of money to make a new coating.” So wash off the old coating and mix some new cottonI made it. It costs less, and the work has been done very well.” On the other hand, the sellers are seeing a different form of the market. In front of Muktijoddha Complex adjacent to Shaheed Minar in the city, said Raju Mia, a coating seller.
“The price of cotton has increased more than before. Therefore, the price of coating materials is also increasing. As a result, many buyers are now buying blankets instead of coatings. Different types of domestic and foreign blankets are available in the market. Especially some china blanketsBecause they are relatively cheap, their demand is high.” The winter is increasing, and with it the busyness of the dhunkars is increasing. Just as there is a need to prevent winter, there is also a struggle for livelihood. In the first hours of winter, seasonal colors, smells and noise of people have accumulated in the shops of Lep Toshak, which returns every year as a special scene of winter in Palashbari.