Eid-ul-Azha or Eid-ul-Adha,

will be celebrated. With this festival in mind, the blacksmiths of various markets in Doha and Nawabganj are spending their last-minute time busy. Their workload has increased several times compared to normal times. As the days go by, their busyness is increasing.

On Eid-ul-Adha, various animals are slaughtered to please Allah Almighty. Metal tools like axes, knives, axes

A visit to the site shows that the blacksmiths of Joypara and Meghula Hat Bazaar in Doha Upazila are busy making various tools including axes, axes, knives, chapatis, etc. The blacksmith shop is filled with the sound of hot iron banging on the coal stove. They don't even have time to catch their breath. The artisans are working without eating or drinking. They work from dawn to late at night. Although there is not much work throughout the year, the blacksmiths' busyness increases several times during the Eid season.

On the other hand, various sharp

weapons including axes, batis, knives, and chapatis are being manufactured in more than a hundred shops in Kashimpur, Bagmara, Galimpur, Komorganj, Agla, Tikarpur, Majhirkanda, Bandura, and Shikaripara of Nawabganj Upazila.

Talking to some blacksmiths, it is known that knives for skinning animals are being sold for 200 to 300 taka, axes for 450 to 800 taka, batis for 300 to 550 taka, slaughtering knives for 500 to 3,000 taka, and chapatis for 600 to 2,000 taka. However, the price is determined depending on the kilogram.

People are also flocking to blacksmith shops to buy equipment for slaughtering animals. Shops that used to have two workers each are now staffed by three to five people.

Blacksmith shop owners complain that the prices of coal and iron have increased on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. On the other hand, buyers complain that the prices of axes, chapatis, and knives are being charged more on the occasion of Eid.

Bimol of Joyparahat Bazar said,

"There is not much work throughout the year. Our demand for work increases during Eid al-Adha. When Eid is over, we have to sit around, there is no work."

A worker named Meghula Govinda Sarkar said, "The work pressure is high ahead of Eid. Due to the pressure of work, we don't even realize when it's time to eat. As Eid approaches, our sales are increasing."

Ramzan, who came to the blacksmith

shop to make chapatis, said, "Earlier, I used to buy chapatis for 410 to 540 taka. Now I make that chapati myself with iron for 1,000 taka." Housewife Hamida Akhter, who came to make batis, said, "The price is much higher than before. The batis that I used to make for 200 to 300 taka before, now I have to make them for 500 to 800 taka."