13 Feb
>Across Bangladesh & India
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Pohela Falgun, known as Bosonto Utsob, first day of Spring of Bengali month Falgun, of the Bengali calendar, celebrated in Bangladesh and West Bengal and in the other Indian states, including Assam, Tripura, Jharkhand and Odisha. The first of Falgun usually falls on 13 February. This day is marked with colorful celebration, including singing songs, reciting poems and dancing. Normally women are dressed in “bashonti” (yellow or orange) colored sarees and adorning floral ornaments, while boys wear colorful panjabis to welcome the arrival of spring in the day.
Falgun is the first month of the season, Spring, the king of all the six seasons that brings back warm sunshine, budding flowers and dancing of birds. After the dryness of winter, new leaves start to come out again and the nature adorns the branches with new colorful flowers. Pohela Falgun brings joy, colour and hope not only in nature, but also in the lives and minds of people of all ages.
Pohela Falgun
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