။ Bengali New Year Photo Gallery : Celebration of the biggest Bengali carnival at Bengal Newz
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
။ Welcome Bangla New Year 1416
။ The land of Bengal is replete with the histories of festivals. The age-old saying baaro maashe tero paarbon (thirteen festivities in twelve months) reminds us that there is more than one special occasion each month. From the New Year's Haal Khaata Day to the following Chaitra Sankraanti (eve of the following New Year's day), the Bengali Calendar is literally saturated with numerous Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian and other religious and tribal community festivals. Baishakh and Joishtho, the first two months of the Bangla year, comprise the season of "Grish-sho" or summer. The first day of Baishakh not only heralds a new year, but also the six seasons along with it. Baishakh is symbolised by Krishnachura, red coloured flower shrubs, true to the imagery of heat in summer and the delectability of the rains that follow. The songs across Bengal proclaim Baishakh's tempestuous quality of sweeping everything stale and worn out.We The Bengal Newz team wish you well and hope that you enjoy the best of what this life has to offer. Rejoice with friends and foes. This special Pahela Baishakh focus on www.bengalnewz.com is about celebration, festivity and renewal. We hope this brief glimpse of the seasons and festivals of Bengal will help you share the happiness with others. "Shubho Nababarsha” ။ Photo : Reuters
။ Young artists of 'Bardhaman Sangeet Samaj' performing a Dance drama on the first day of the Bengali New Year in Burdwan town. Photo : Dipankar Chatterjee
။ Santiniketan, 15 April :
။ Ashromik took part in a special New year prayer session for peace at the “Upasana-griha” in Santiniketan. “Upasana-griha”, built in 1891 by Tagore’s father, Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, for the worship of "The Universal God of All". Photo : Hrisikesh Haldar
။ Kolkata, 15 April :
။ A colourful and festive rally celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year, sets off from the 'Kolkata Bangla Academy' to wind through the Kolkata on Wednesday morning. Photo : Chandra Sekhar Bhattacharjee
။ Kolkata, 15 April :
။ A colourful and festive procession named 'Boishakhi Yatra' celebrating Pahela Baishakh in Kolkata, organiged by "Bhasa O Chetana Samity" today. Photo : Chandra Sekhar Bhattacharjee
။ Agartala, 15 April :
။ Devotees wait in a queue to offer prayers during a ritual on the first day of the Bengali New Year in Agartala. Photo : Reuters
။ Silchar, 15 April :
။ A glimpse of floor decoration (drawing alpona of sprinkled rice flour) during Poila Boisakh Celebration in Silchar Today. Photo : Rudranil Sengupta
။ Uttarpara, 15 April :
။ A unick Nabobarsho-Poll rally with 'Mangalkalosh' by CPI(M) workers for their Sreerampore LS candidate Santasree Chatterjee in Uttarpara today. Photo : Sanjay Bhaduri
။ Pahela Baishakh in Kolkata
။ Little dancers performed in the Bangla New Year 1416 at Rabindra Sadan premises in Kolkata on Wednesday. Photo : Chandra Sekhar Bhattacharjee
။ Pahela Baishakh in Kolkata
။ Recitation of Bengali poems in the Bangla New Year 1416 at Rabindra Sadan premises in Kolkata on Wednesday. Photo : Chandra Sekhar Bhattacharjee
။ Pahela Baishakh in Kolkata
။ Ranpaye Hete Jabo...
။ Pahela Baishakh in Kolkata
။ Recitation of Bengali poems in the Bangla New Year 1416 at Rabindra Sadan premises in Kolkata on Wednesday. Photo : Bhasa O Chetana Samity
။ Pratapgarh (Agartala), 15 April :
။ A Hindu devotee walks over burning coals during the annual "Shiva Gajan" religious festival in Pratapgarh, about 30 km from Agartala. Hundreds of faithful devotees offer sacrifices and perform acts of devotions during the festival in the hopes of winning the favour of Hindu god Shiva and ensure the fulfilment of their wishes and also to mark the Bengali year-end. Photo : Reuters
။ Jalpaiguri, 15 April :
။ Halkhata preparation at Jalpaiguri Today. Photo : Sanjit Mitra
။ Sreerampore, 15 April :
။ It was during the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar that Poila Boisakh began to be celebrated as an auspicious day by Bengalis. In villages and towns, businessmen and traders had to clear up all dues and close their old account books on the last day of Choitra. A new book of accounts or ‘Halkhata’ was opened on the first day of the year amid exchange of sweets and greetings, business ties were also renewed. This picture taken at Sitala Mata Mandir at 5.30 AM today. Photo : Sanjay Bhaduri
။ Eso He Boishakh ။ Kolaghat :
။ 15 April : "Eso He Boishakh, Eso, Eso..." Welcome the summer season or Boishak with this poetic bengali new year dance in a boat on the river Rupnarayan. Photo : Raghu Nandan Mallik
။ CHOITRA ABOSHAN ။ Haldia :
။ 14 April : "When the last sun goes down We will be there for you." Year's last sun goes down over Haldi river on Tuesday. Photo : Raghu Nandan Mallik
။ Siliguri, 14 April :
။ A Hindu devotee with her face painted to resemble the Hindu goddess of power Kali takes part in the "Chadak" ritual in Siliguri. Hundreds of Hindu devotees attend the ritual, held to worship the Hindu deity of destruction Lord Shiva, on the last day of the Bengali calendar year. Photo : Reuters
။ Dhaka, 14 April :
။ Dancers perform at 'Dhaka University' at Bangla New Year programme. Photo : Mustafiz Mamun
။ Dhaka, 14 April :
။ A colourful and festive procession celebrating Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year, sets off from the Fine Arts Institute to wind through the capital on Tuesday. Photo : Nashirul Islam
။ Dhaka, 14 April :
။ A young woman gets her face painted to celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year 1416, on Tuesday. Photo : Mustafiz Mamun
။ Bolpur, 14 April :
။ A snapshot of a local Choitra-Sonkranti fair held at Kangkalitala near Bolpur. Photo : Hrisikesh Haldar
။ Gazipur, 14 April :
A devotee hangs from a spinning wheel attached by hook to a Charak tree on the occasion of Charak Puja at Mirzapur village in Gazipur. Charak Puja is observed on the last day of the Bangla month of Chaitra, according to the traditional Hindu calendar. Photo : AFP
။ Dhaka, 13 April :
။ A student of the 'Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University' paints a colourful mask on Monday ahead of Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year 1416. Photo : Firoz Ahmed
။ Kolkata, 13 April :
။ A Hindu devotee offers prayers to Lord Shiva inside a makeshift temple on the eve of a religious festival called "Gajan" in Kolkata. Worshippers offer prayers to Hindu Lord Shiva during this festival to mark the Bengali year-end. Photo : Reuters
။ Dhaka, 13 April :
။ A student artist paints a street wall ahead of the Bangla New Year celebrations in Dhaka today. Photo : AP
။ Krishnanagar, 12 April :
။ Some boys dressed as Hindu gods called 'SONG' ahead of the religious festival called "Gajan". Many people are taking to the streets and door to door to collect alms to celebrate the festival, which is the last day of the Bengali year and will be celebrated on 14 April. Photo : Indrani Chatterjee
။ Dhaka, 12 April :
။ Students of the 'Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University' make colorful masks Sunday for "Mangal Shobhajatra" on Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year on 14 April. Photo : Firoz Ahmed
။ Dhaka, 11 April :
။ "Kathgolap", a summer flower, blooms at the faculty of fine art on Dhaka University campus, Saturday. Photo : Firoz Ahmed
။ Dhaka, 10 April :
။ A student of the Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University paints a colourful mask on Friday ahead of 'Pahela Baishakh', the Bangla New Year 1416. Photo : Firoz Ahmed
။ Dhaka, 8 April :
။ Students of the Fine Arts Faculty of 'Dhaka University' paint potteries Wednesday, ahead of the Bangla New Year to be celebrated on 14 April. Photo : Nashirul Islam
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