Report - Pahela Baishakh Celebration

Celebration of Pahela Baishakh

Hasan Mahmud, Dhaka, 15 April: 'Baishakh' is the first month of Bangla year and 'Pahela Baishakh' is the first day of it. So, it bears a great significance to all people of the country. It is celebrated with traditional festivity as a part of our national culture. The day is a public holiday. Different socio-cultural organizations organized different programmes across the country yesterday to celebrate the day.

The day's first program was held at dawn at Ramna Batamul. The rural people also celebrated the day with great enthusiasm. They made many kinds of cakes in home. They wore new dress and attended the local fair. Girls wore yellow sarees and boys wore pajamas and punjabis. In keeping with the age-old tradition, traders and shopkeepers opened 'Halkhata' and offered sweets to their customers and clients.

The people in big cities brought out colourful procession wearing masks. Baishakhi Melas were the great attraction of the day and they were held at different places of the country. Some people ate watered rice with green chili and hilsha fish on the day. The day reflected our age-old tradition and culture. 

It bore the testimony to the fact that we have a rich culture of our own. It was also a manifestation of our cultural heritage. All national dailies brought out special supplements. Radio and television aired special programs. In fact, the day was a great source of our joys and pleasure.