Hurricane & Kupi lamp
Hi!
I am Sagar Ray. I am from a small country called Bangladesh. People's of Bangladesh called Bengali. Bengali peoples have their own tradition. But in this modern age we lost our almost all the traditions. In my childhood my family often use this two items which you can see in my featured collage image. I want to say something about that.
My photography of Hurricane
This thing is called hurricane (Bengali Language) some days ago i found it in my store room. A hurricane is a system of lighting a closed glass container with fuel oil. On the outside is a semicircular piece of glass which the Bengalis call a chimney.
Photos from internet
It is also called kerosene lamp. A kerosene lamp is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene as a fuel. Kerosene lamps have a wick or mantle as light source, protected by a glass chimney or globe; lamps may be used on a table, or hand-held lanterns may be used for portable lighting.
I can remember that i use to read at night with the light of this things. My mother used to cook with it's light at the kitchen. Kupibati(Kerosene lamps) and Hurricane are getting lost in the evolution of society and the touch of modernity. Every house in the rural society used to be one of the vehicles of light at one time and Kupibati and hurricane were found in everyone's house. But its picture in modern civilization is completely different. With the social change, the image of every house has also changed. The twilight and hurricane of rural society has now become a golden past memory. Now the vehicle of the thousand-year-old tradition is no longer visible to those kupibati and hurricane.
To go out in the middle of the night was to rely on this hurricane. The use of hurricanes was more than kupibati. In those days, people used to carry hurricanes and other lights not only at home but also from village to village and from colony to colony. Hurricane was one of the best companions to meet the loved one at night. Hurricanes were used to indicate the location of loved ones. The lover would have understood that Sujan(lover) was standing there. This light belongs to his/her lover. At that time, in night time the brides of the village used to light the returning way & roof of the house .
This is how hurricanes were used in every house in Bengal. The hurricane was basically like a lamp made of tin. There were some different people creating the hurricane. Hurricanes could be bought at the local village market. However, many people used to make kupibati at home. Hurricane is a light with a glass cover
The lamp. It's looks like a pineapple. At the bottom was a tin oil tank. And kerosene was poured into the tank. The fiber was made with twisted rope. A quarter of that fiber was dipped into the oil tank. The rest was on glass. The hurricane would start to light as soon as the match was light with fire the rope. There was a regulator next to it with which the light could be increased or decreased. There was a wire handle at the top. Basically the hurricane could be easily carried with this handle.
Kupibati has no handle. Many people used to make Kupibati at home with a glass of medicine. However, there was a tradition of Kupi lamp made of brass, it was quite appreciated. At that time brass Kupi lamp were given at weddings. Brass Kupi lamp were not easily available.
The use of hurricanes and Kupi lamp in the previous days was used in multiple ways. There was no torch light. At the end of sunlight, these hurricanes and Kupi lamps would light up people's houses. The use of kerosene oil was very high.
Kupibati and Hurricanes had decorative designs. Among them were clay, iron, glass bottles and brass cups. People used to buy coupes and hurricanes according to their ability. Although the value of Kupi lamp and Hurricane has been lost to the people of rural Bengal, many still hold on to the memory of Kupi and Hurricane.
Lastly I want to say that we all are humans. In this world we have too many traditions. I think how much modern we become, we don't forget our past tradition. Out tradition is our identity.
Bye!!
