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The Rabbit Hole

October 14, 2011 Mahbubur Rahman
The Vendor

The Vendor

Paradise through a hole in the wall... at least thats what a lot of people would say when they see this. This is within the confines of the Bob Marley Museum in Bob Marley's hometown, Nine Mile. As you very well may know, Bob Marley and his music are revered in Jamaica, and his lifestyle is widely emulated. Bob Marley was a devoted Rastafarian - and you may also know that for Rastas, smoking cannabis, usually known as herb, weed, sinsemilla (Spanish for without seeds), or ganja (from the Sanskrit word Ganjika, used in ancient India), is a spiritual act, often accompanied by Bible study; they consider it a sacrament that cleans the body and mind, heals the soul, exalts the consciousness, facilitates peacefulness, brings pleasure, and brings them closer to Jah. So it should come as no surprise that within the confines of Nine Mile town limits, marijuana selling and smoking is completely legal. Although there aren't elaborate shops set up such in Amsterdam, there are 'Hole in the Wall' places all over the place, where you can get brownies, tea and regular joints to smoke. I would like to say that I fully exploited the situation, but I am allergic or get a bad reaction of sorts. Yes, I know. Sad.

In Jamaica
← JamesBob Marley Land →

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Mahbubur Rahman, a #part-time traveller and a full-time #wanderer, wandering about the globe as much as possible, logging the experiences here.

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The Tattoo Project
In this project, I have tried to take portraits of people with their tattoos, proudly showing the part the tattoos play in their lives.

Bangladesh
My country gets a lot of bad rep, and the only news you hear about it are about floods, cyclones, tragedies, political turmoil, etc. Its not what I remember growing up. I wanted to show a country that has so much more to offer than the sum of its statistics.

 

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