By Mohiuddin M. Mahi 

OSAKA, JAPAN, April 15, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh pavilion has been drawing huge crowd everyday at the 'World Expo-2025', better known as Osaka Expo in Japan, as it wins the hearts of visitors with its artistic decoration, wooden structure and beautiful products from the very beginning of the expo.

The pavilion, designed with 17 zones and six miniatures depicting the country's heritage and displaying goods of different industries, explaining the transformation of an agrarian economy to a strong export-led one - turns into an animated gathering with the footsteps of visitors of different countries from across the world every day.

Each zone was designed with a showcase displaying products and symbols, a brief description, a digital display screening audio visual and a tablet to let the visitors get better understanding in details by operating it themselves while a dedicated zone was set up on the "2024 mass uprising" displaying the graffiti of the movement.

The pavilion with its 17 digital display units along with a LCD giant screen and physical exhibits talks about the glorious past of the Bengal, rich culture and traditions of its people, the uniqueness of the landscape as well as its prosperous future ahead, fraught with investment opportunities via digital and physical exhibits.

Since the morning today, the visitors were seen coming to the pavilion with their friends and families, taking pictures of displayed products, graffiti and descriptions, asking the pavilion staff different questions and reading the digital contents by operating installed tablets by themselves.

Talking to BSS, visitors expressed their enthusiasm and curiosity to know about Bangladesh praising the pavilion's decoration, particularly the wooden structure, design and color of handicrafts and jute products.

After visiting Bangladesh Pavilion, Leva Niciuliene, a visitor from Lithuania who works here as a guide, appreciated the central wooden structure of the pavilion and said from the exhibition, she came to know about the six seasons of Bangladesh and the revolution that took place last year (2024).

"What I like the most here is the middle wooden structure. I also enjoyed showcasing your food. What I know about Bangladesh is it is an incredibly populated country. Today, I learned more. I learned about your six seasons which I didn't know and it was very new for me," she said.

After visiting the handcrafts and jute products zone, Seitaro, a 37-year old company employee who came to the expo from Hyogo, said, "I am feeling so good to visit Bangladesh pavilion as I have friends from Bangladesh. I heard about the leather goods of Bangladesh before. Today, here I liked the design and color of the jute products and handicrafts most."

Visitors showed significant interest in learning about Bangladesh, asking numerous questions about its people, tourist destinations, food, culture, and seasons while various products and potential investment opportunities displayed in the pavilion garnered considerable enthusiasm from investors, said Md Shajebur Rahman, staff of Bangladesh Pavilion Commissioner General.

"From the first day, people had an interest in the Bangladesh Pavilion because it has been promoted all over the world that we are building a new Bangladesh following the July mass uprising last year," he added.

The nation's emergence and rising, culture and heritage and investment potentials were presented to the world through diorama, three-dimensional representation of a scene, in the six miniatures with the titles-'1952-1971-2024: Indomitable Youth Spirit', 'Culture and Festivity', 'Largest Delta on Earth', 'Land of Rivers and Fertility', 'Muslin: The Woven Heritage of Bangladesh' and 'Industrial Progress of Bangladesh'.

Graffiti on July uprising, jute products, eco-friendly handicrafts, leather goods, the miniatures and LCD screen showing rural life and traditional festivals have been the top of visitors' interest in the pavilion while the investors showed interest in the country's heath, pharmaceuticals, ready-made garments industry, automobile, renewable energy and jute Industry, according to the pavilion officials. 

Along with highlighting the country's rich cultural heritage, the pavilion showcased traditional crafts such as Nakshi Kantha, Jamdani weaving and the revived Muslin, jute products, leather goods, ready-made garments industry, growing pharmaceutical sector, diverse agricultural products as well as the country's expanding industrial base.

The pavilion spotlights Bangladesh's remarkable economic growth, highlighting its emergence as an IT hub, youth-led digital transformation, and thriving freelancing sector, providing visitors with a comprehensive understanding of Bangladesh's rich history, dynamic present and forward-thinking vision for a sustainable future.

The exhibition title of the Bangladesh Pavilion has been set at " Connecting Lives: A Symphony of Tradition and Innovation".

The 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo opened to the public on the artificial island of Yumeshima in Osaka Bay on Sunday with many visitors flocking to popular spots. Under the theme of "Designing Future Society for Our Lives," 158 countries and regions are participating in the expo, which is scheduled to last through Oct. 13.

Since 1851, World Exposition ( "EXPO" in short) - a platform of nation branding- has been showcasing invention, innovation and the creation of enduring technological, architectural and cultural advancement represented by the exhibition pavilions of nations worldwide.