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In southern Bangladesh, sedimentary islands appear and disappear in the Jamuna River with regularity. The so-called char islands are inhabited by humans, although they appear and disappear underwater according to the alternation of the rainy and dry seasons. On the great Brahmaputra River, here called the Jamuna, the appearance and disappearance of so-called char islands can be observed. The Chaura people who live there deal with the natural power of the water in an amazing way. They farm and live in small groups, knowing that everything they have built could be destroyed the following year. It is the dry season, and the waters of the Jamuna have receded, leaving behind long stretches of white sand and new islands of fertile soil. Rahim Shorkar, a Chaura, has a lot of work to do now and hopes to finish harvesting before the next flood. Rahim does not want to move to the mainland and abandon his way of life. But his wife Alia looks on anxiously. What future awaits them here? And above all, what future awaits their six-year-old son Aashiq? They could face the same fate as their neighbor, Shoroz Saman, whose fields and lands have been flooded six times so far. Each time, he has had to spend his entire savings to start over. All the Shoro people know this bitter suffering, and they help each other move the tin walls of their houses when they have to leave to a place that is not flooded. Life here is not easy, and it will not be easy in the future; on the contrary, climate change will make the monsoon rains and the dry season more intense. ـــــ #Documentary #DW Documentary #dw #Bangladesh ـــــ DW Dialogue Call: https://p.dw.com/p/OYIo More documentaries are available on our websites in English: http://www.dw.com/ar/tv/docfilm/s-3610 / dwdocumentary / dw.stories