Inside Mirpur’s avian arcade

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A trader plays with his bird to attract customers at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
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  • Buyers and sellers haggle over cages of birds at Dhaka’s bustling Mirpur bird market, where color, noise, and commerce converge every Friday in a spectacle of wings and whispers.
A trader sets up his temporary shop to sell birds at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
Caged birds to be sold at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
People walks past an alley filled with caged birds to be sold at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
An elderly person holds a bird to sell at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
A cat rests on top of a bird’s cage to be sold at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
Birds are covered with plastic sheets to protect themselves from the rain at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
Buyers bargain before buying bird at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
A boy carries his cat on his shoulder to sell at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
A happy buyer at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
Birds chirp as they are brought to be sold at Mirpur 1 in Dhaka on July 04. Photo: Jannatul Ferdaus/TIMES
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