DHAKA : The nation is set to celebrate the Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year-1432, tomorrow in an inclusive manner involving people from all ethnic groups.
A huge number of people are expected to join the “Nabo Barsho” festivities across the country, particularly in the capital city.
Pahela Baishakh is one of the most colourful festivals through which the country’s people bid farewell to the old year and welcome the New Year.
On this occasion, people from all walks of life wear traditional dresses, especially the Bangalee young women wear white sarees with red borders and adorn themselves with bangles, flowers and “tips” while men wear white pyjamas and panjabi or kurta while the ethnic people wear their respective traditional dresses.
On the occasion of the Chaitra Sangkranti and Pahela Baishakh, the government has taken two-day elaborate programmes for the first time this year to celebrate the “Nobo Barsho” in an inclusive manner involving the people from different ethnic groups.
“For the first time, the government has taken an initiative to organize an inclusive festival at the national level to celebrate the Bangla New Year 1432 and the new years of other ethnic groups, including Chakma, Marma, Tripura and Garo,” according to a handout issued by the cultural affairs ministry.
Concerned ministries, divisions, educational institutions, district and upazila administrations, metropolitan cities and municipalities as well as different cultural organizations will implement the programmes.
On the occasions, Chief Adviser Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today issued a message greeting the countrymen.
According to the programmes taken by the government, special features will be published in newspapers highlighting the significance of the Pahela Baishakh this year instead of publishing special supplements.
Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar and other print and electronic media will make illustrated reports putting emphasis on the occasion. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will take the necessary measures in this regard.
The celebration of Bangla New Year 1432 will mandatorily begin with the performance of the national anthem and the song ‘Esho He Boishakh, Esho Esho’ in the morning of Pahela Baishakh.
The Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University will organize a grand procession titled “Barshobaran Ananda Shubhajatra” at 9am tomorrow and cultural programme on Pahela Baishakh.
This year, the procession will be held in an inclusive and universal manner, ensuring the participation of not only the Bangla community but also the Chakma, Marma, Tripura, Garo, Manipuri, and other ethnic groups as well as female footballers.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will ensure the arrangement of broadcasting the processions on all government and private TV channels, radio stations, commercial radios, and community radios.
On the occasion, different cultural organizations, including the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies of Dhaka University, Shurer Dhara, Rishij Shilpigoshthi, Bulbul Lalitakala Academy, Bangladesh Nritya Shilpi Sangstha, Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation, Ganasangeet Samannay Parishad, Utsab Udjapan Parishad, Band-F Minor, Saimum Shilpigoshthi and Garo cultural organizations will organize various programmes.
The Chhayanaut, a leading cultural organisation of the country, will organize a cultural event at Ramna Batamul at dawn to welcome the Pahela Baishakh.
Besides, all educational institutions will celebrate the Bangla New Year in a festive and grand manner under their own arrangements.
Bangla Academy and the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) will organize a weeklong Bashakhi fair on the Bangla Academy premises at a convenient time while they will also organize discussions and other events on the occasion.
All museums and archaeological sites will remain open for public, especially children, adolescents, students, and children with disabilities or special needs will be allowed to enter the sites without ticket.
A special exhibition will be held on the history and heritage of the Bangla New Year.Law enforcement agencies have taken the overall security at the national, district, and upazila levels during the celebration of the New Year 1432.
