SWITCHFOOT - With the Bangladeshi Band - NATIVE TONGUE
We were three hours outside of Dhaka in a Hindu village of Baliya. All day long smiles and hand-gestures had been our best means of communication. Our guides and translators had taught us a few key phrases: “hello.” “thank you.” “Bangladesh is beautiful.” And truly, Bangladesh was beautiful. And a long, long way from home.
SWITCHFOOT had just played two festivals in Eastern India, and had decided to fly over and see what our friends were up to in that region. They work for an organization called Food For The Hungry empowering poor communities with education, micro-finance, clean water, and a better life. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Such an amazing perspective: to see a village transformed through education, clean water, empowered women, and micro-finance. This village was making an incredible life from the ground up. I’ll never forget the village. Or their faces! The colors, the flavors, the traffic, the smells… even jet-lag felt different in Bangladesh. In every way, we were as far away from California as you can get... WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE REST OF THE STORY!
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Cover Photo Courtesy of Daniel White/FH
Edited by Elliott Eicheldinger
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