Panorama of the Week: The Tea Gardens of Bangladesh
Filed Under: Have you ever wondered where your morning tea comes from?
The story of the tea pickers in Bangladesh (anywhere in South Asia, really) is a long and often sad one. However, as difficult as their lives are, the women working in the tea gardens have always been exceptionally friendly and open towards us. Humbling and inspiring at the same time.
One day, we will tell their story on the pages of this blog. Until then, you can get a sense of where some of your morning (or afternoon) tea might have come from.
Take a spin around this spherical panorama and see the tea pickers at work in a tea estate in Srimongol, Bangladesh.
Panorama: Tea Gardens of Srimongol, Bangladesh
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March 30th, 2012 at 3:34 am
I like all those series. Picture of the week, Panorama of the week…
How do you take those panoramas? Do you need a fisheye?
All the best
Armin
March 30th, 2012 at 9:33 am
I love the panorama. Looking forward to reading these women’s stories!
March 31st, 2012 at 1:31 pm
@Armin: Glad you enjoying these weekly panoramas! We do use a fisheye lens (8mm) to take 4-5 images for each panorama. Then we use Autopano Giga and Panotour Pro to stitch the images together for a flat panorama and then to make the flash “tour” you see here. The result is pretty fun.
@Ayelet: Thanks! We’re hoping to do a piece on the tea pickers of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. It’s a fascinating history of how these tea gardens were created by the British and how they brought populations from other parts of the country to work them, thereby creating little enclaves of different ethnic groups. This legacy continues today with some difficult circumstances for the tea pickers.
April 3rd, 2012 at 9:28 am
What is an amazing panorama photo. The tea garden are looking very beautiful.
April 3rd, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Wow! I’ve never seen anything like this on a blog before. Amazing. How did you do it? On another note, I’ll look forward to hearing their stories through you. Thanks for the photo – looks beautiful.
April 3rd, 2012 at 4:02 pm
@Adrian: Thanks! The tea gardens are really beautiful – so lush and green.
@Vicky: Glad you enjoyed this panorama! We post a new 360-degree panorama every week here so keep checking back for new ones from around the world: http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/category/photography/panorama/
April 5th, 2012 at 8:42 am
I think that if this is really the place where my tea comes from is more than beautiful, I think that this is the reason why I get so much energy and become so fresh when having my morning tea!
April 15th, 2012 at 12:31 am
@Doris: Not only was it beautiful, but it also smelled wonderfully of tea. Actually, the smell reminded me of Clark’s Teaberry gum from my childhood.
April 15th, 2012 at 9:27 pm
Beautiful…always a pleasure to tour your panoramas. I dig oolong in the mornings myself. Do they grow oolong in these fields?
April 19th, 2012 at 1:24 pm
@Adam: Glad you continue to enjoy these panos! A cup of oolong in the morning is a lovely way to start one’s day. No oolong grown in Bangladesh, but this area is home to 7-layer tea. Quite unique!