The nation on Monday celebrated the Bengali New Year 1432 across Bangladesh with festivity by displaying cultural diversities, harmony and unity.
A large number of people joined the festivities marking the day, commonly known as Pahela Baishakh or Nababarsha. Different socio-cultural organisations and educational institutions organised different programmes in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country to celebrate the day.
The opening event of the day in Dhaka began at Ramna Batamul by Chhayanaut followed by the traditional procession on the Dhaka University campus.
The programmes also expressed solidarity with the Palestinians who are fighting against Israeli aggression in Gaza.
The day was a public holiday.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus greeted the country鈥檚 people on the occasion.
In a video message, he called upon the country鈥檚 people to work with renewed pledge and enthusiasm to build a new Bangladesh.
Chhayanaut started their traditional cultural event with raga Bahirabi rendered by vocal Supriya Das. The event comprised nine chorus songs, 12 solo musical performances, and recitations by renowned singers and students of the organisation.
The participants observed a one-minute silence in the memory of the Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza.
The traditional colorful procession organised by Dhaka University in the morning addressed diverse political and cultural issues. The university authorities renamed the traditional Mangal Shobhajatra as Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra for the Bengali New Year 1432.
This year鈥檚 slogan in the procession was 鈥楴oboborsher Oikotan, Fasibader Oboshan鈥� which featured the spirit of the recent student-led mass uprising, and the rich cultural elements of Bangladesh.
The UNESCO in 2016 recognised 鈥楳angal Shobhajatra鈥� as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, the Embassy of China in Dhaka, Dhaka North City Corporation, and Parliament organised a musical concert and drone show in the capital鈥檚 Manik Mia Avenue in the evening.
A 14-minute drone show paying tribute to the martyrs of the July-August student-led mass uprising displayed 12 images using 2600 drones. The event attracted a huge audience.
The Bangla Academy in association with the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation began a week-long Baishakhi fair on its premises on Monday.
Industries adviser Adilur Rahman Khan and cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki jointly inaugurated the fair.
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy organised a cultural event on Tuesday at the National Theatre Hall to celebrate Pahela Baishak.聽
In Chattogram, Sammilita Pahela Baishakh Udjapan Parishad cancelled their event as the stage set up for the programme was vandalised by a group of attackers on Sunday.
In Panchagarh, Shararitu Gagdal organised a kite festival where more than one hundred competitors, mostly children and youths, attended on Monday afternoon to mark the day, 抖阴精品 correspondent in the district reported.聽
The Marma community in Khagrachhari on Monday celebrated their traditional Sangrai festival with processions, traditional dances and joyful splashes of water as part of the larger Baishabi festival.
Baishabi festival is observed by ethnic communities in the Chattogram Hill Tracts to welcome the New Year. The word Boisabi is a combination of Bengali acronyms for various national minority festivals like Baishuk of the Tripura community, Sangra of Marma and Biju of the Chakma community.