With the arrival of winter, the value of date palms increases. Collecting sap from trees, making molasses; And the smell of making various winter cakes of juice and molasses fell in the abhaman village of Bengal. The trees give a new look to the neglected date palms all year round. Villages in different upazilas of Bhola have been visited, the trees are busy from morning to evening to prepare the date palms for juice collection.
A visit to ward number one of Kunjapatti village in Velumia union of Bhola Sadar shows a middle-aged Siraj trader preparing trees for juice collection. I was busy talking to him for a while. He said, 'Before the onset of winter, we lease palm trees from ourselves and various people in exchange for money. I took it again. I have finished the work of pruning the trees as a prelude to the collection of sap. I have already started collecting juice and making molasses. This year, the winter was a little late, so we had to start collecting juice late.