Established in 1977 in Birisiri, this regional academy serves as a cultural research centre for the Garo, Hajong, Koch, and Dalu indigenous groups living across the Mymensingh borderlands. The museum exhibits traditional handlooms, bamboo hunting instruments, musical drums, and ceremonial jewellery, offering context to the local ethnic settlements. The academy also organizes seasonal tribal festivals such as Wangala in late autumn. Browse the handicraft display where woven scarves and textiles can be bought directly.
- Best time
- October to March
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Nominal entry roughly ৳10–20; rickshaw from Durgapur about ৳40–50
How to get to Birisiri Ethnic Cultural Academy
In Birisiri, about 3 km south-west of Durgapur Bazar across the Someshwari. A rickshaw or easy bike from Durgapur takes 15 minutes.
Netrokona town is about 160 km from Dhaka, around 4.5 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Netrokona guide.
Closed on government holidays and weekends; verify opening hours before planning a midday visit.
More to see in Netrokona
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Bijoypur China Clay Hills বিজয়পুর চীনামাটির পাহাড়
A striking quarry lake of bright greenish-blue water enclosed by steep bluffs of pink and white kaolin clay.
- Best time
- November to March
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- No entry fee; hired motorbike or easy bike from Durgapur roughly ৳250–400 round trip
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Someshwari River সোমেশ্বরী নদী
A translucent mountain river with wide gravel shoals where locals pan for coal carried down from Meghalaya.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Boat crossing roughly ৳10–20 per person; hired country boat for an hour about ৳200–300
Dingapota Haor ডিঙাপোতা হাওর
A vast seasonal wetland that resembles an inland sea during the monsoon and draws thousands of migratory waterfowl in winter.
- Best time
- July to October, or December to February
- Give it
- Half a day
- Cost
- Boat charter roughly ৳1,200–2,500 for a half-day; local bus from Netrokona about ৳70
Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Roailbari Fort রোয়াইলবাড়ি দুর্গ
The excavated brick gateway, buried ramparts, and mosque ruins of a medieval sultanate fort in Kendua.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 2 hours
- Cost
- Free entry; shared CNG from Netrokona roughly ৳80, local auto to the fort about ৳50