Baishakhi Mela 

Baishakhi Mela

Baishakhi Mela is the fair which is held on the very first day of the Bengali month to celebreate the beginning of the Bengali new year. Many kinds of fairs are held in our country in different seasons. Baishakhi Mela is one of them. This fair is connected with our age old culture and heritage. This fair is held throughout the country. This fair is an occasion of great joy and merriment. People enjoy themselves very much on this day. People, of all ages and all religions put on their best dresses and go to the fair. In the fair handicrafts, potteries, various kinds of sweets etc are found available which bear the symbol of our culture. There are also circus parties and merry-go round. Each and everybody buys this or that thing. Children buy flutes sweets etc. They enjoy most. This fair has a special attraction for the people of the capital city. They wear payjama and punjabi, go to the Ramna Batmela early in the morning. There they take panta rice with dried pepper. They pass the whole day in great joy and forget the sufferings of life for the time being.