NOUKA native Bangladesh watercraft

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NOUKA native Bangladesh watercraft

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:19 pm

Bangladesh issued one stamp on 7 December 2020 for “the golden jubilee of the 1970’s general election” on the left of the stamp is a drawing of a native watercraft, which I believe is a “nouka or nauka”.
Bangladesh which is a country with many rivers and a large low-lying delta has around 200 different watercraft types.

By the stamp is given:
The stamp commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Pakistan general election held on 7 December 1970 in which the Awami League, East Pakistan’s only political party won a crushing victory over West Pakistan’s main political party the Pakistan People’s Party, but the then President of Pakistan, Yahya Khan, declined to allow the Awami League to form a government and turned to the veteran Bengali politician Nurul Amin and appointed prime minister. It was hoped that he could persuade the PPP and Awami League to reach a compromise but unrest grew in East Pakistan and this eventually led to civil war between the East and the West which resulted in Bangladesh becoming an independent state. This stamp was issued on 7 December 2020.
http://commonwealthstampsopinion.blogsp ... -east.html

Aak to Zumbra a dictionary of the World’s Watercraft gives for the nouka :
“Nouka” is used in Bangladesh it is the Bengali word for boat, especially a plank-built boat characterized by heavy raked end pieces. Pieces most often a single block of wood but may be formed by planks, creating a hollow box; taper to a point well above gunwale level, but may also be blunt, rounded or low sand cut flat.
Large boats of this class are called boro (big) noukas, while these engaged in commercial pursuits may be specifically called khæper noukas. These latter are self-contained for living aboard since they travel long distances. Many noukas are fishing boats.
A nouka may also be a boat of dugout construction.

Bangladesh 2020 10 taka sg?, scott?
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