Fishermen have gathered at various swamps across the Pabna district to participate in a fishing festival. The hunters are locally known as Baut’, after which the festival is named. The event takes place every Saturday and Tuesday from the middle of the Bengali month of Ogrohayon to mid-Poush. The schedule for the day is announced through loudspeakers in different areas as news spreads further through mobilephone calls, according to locals. Fishermen will throng the swamps on the designated days. Thousands of fishermen gathered at Dikshir Beel in Chatmohar Upazila of Pabna district to take part in the festival, Dec 5, 2020. The vast Dikshir Beel dries out during winter. The fishes take shelter in groups at the bottom of the shallow swamp, where fishermen gather to catch them. Fish hunters from different parts of Pabna and adjoining Natore, Bogura and Tangail districts start to gather around Dikshir Beel from the early hours of Saturday, Dec 5, 2020.