Pahela Baishakh
(a) Which day is caned pahela Baishakh? (b) Why do
people celebrate the day? (c) What do people do on this day? (d) W'hat types of
dresses do people wear on this day? (e) What types of functions are held there?
(0 What is the significence of the day?
The first day of Bangla year is called Pahela
Baishakh. We celebrate this day to mark the beginning of the 1st day of Bangla
New Year. The day is celebrated with traditional festivities across the
country. The rural people arrange Baishakhi Mela on this day. Shopkeepers open
halkhata and Offer sweets to their customers and clients. The day has a special
attraction for the town people. They rise early in the morning. They put on
their best dress that is payjama and punjabi. 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. In the town different organisations arrange meeting,
seminar, symposium. discussion. Different cultural organisations arrange
various kinds of cultural functions. Pahela Baishakh has a great significance.
It reflects our age old tradition and culture. It bears the testimony to the
fact that we have a culture of our own. It is the manifestation of our cultural
hertiage.
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