With the arrival of winter, the activity of collecting date palm sap has started in Atrai of Naogaon. To collect this delicious sap, gachis (sap collectors) are now moving from one date palm tree to another. Starting from noon, they begin hanging earthen pots (hari) on the date palm trees and remain busy with this task until evening. Although this is winter sap, this time gachis have become active in collecting sap early.
There are thousands of date palm trees on roadsides, in courtyards, and on field embankments in various villages of the 8 unions of the upazila. Although gachis collect sap from these date palm trees, what has caught attention are the date palm trees along the railway line beside the Naogaon-Natore regional highway.
Gachis have started collecting sap from about 300 date palm trees on both sides of the railway line from the Atrai Railway (old) Station northward to Mahadighi. At one time, local gachis used to collect sap from these date palm trees, but now local gachis are no longer seen.
Therefore, every year gachis come from Bagha and Arani areas of Rajshahi and Lalpur area of Natore to collect sap from these trees. And this sap is used to make delicious lali (liquid molasses) and gur (jaggery).
Gur sounds pretty good. Can you buy it on Amazon? Of course!
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