Eid Journey | Adnan Abidi

In Dhaka, Bangladesh, every year during Eid-ul-Fitr, a unique micro migration takes place. The Dhaka Railway Station witnesses a mad rush of people with close to about 5 to 6 million people making the commute.

Eid-ul-Fitr, is one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims across the world and in Bangladesh a huge interstate travel displays a unique and picturesque opportunity to see thousands of travellers overcrowding the trains, thus dwarfing the mammoth locomotive.

In the following images I have captured the zealous journey of the devotees, the over excited family members who take the journey back home unperturbed about the crammed space on trains.

People sit atop an overcrowded passenger train as they travel home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a railway station in Dhaka

People try to board an overcrowded passenger train as they travel home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a railway station in Dhaka

People stand in the windows of an overcrowded passenger train as they travel home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a railway station in Dhaka

People stand on an engine of an overcrowded passenger train as they travel home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a railway station in Dhaka

People sit atop and stand outside on an engine of an overcrowded passenger train as they travel home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a railway station in Dhaka

People sit atop of an overcrowded passenger train as they travel home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a railway station in Dhaka

People climb to board an overcrowded passenger train as they travel home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a railway station in Dhaka

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ADNAN ABIDI