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Festivals in Bangladesh fall into four major categories: religious festivals, national events, cultural festivals and tribal festivals. Although a few festivals are primarily meant for particular sections of the population, all the festivals have now attained universal reach throughout the country.
See Category:Festivals in Bangladesh for festivals by location. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C. Cultural festivals in Dhaka (9 P)
Multi-sport events in Bangladesh (4 P) + Festivals in Bangladesh by city (1 C) G. Garo festivals (2 P) Pages in category "Festivals in Bangladesh"
Religious festivals in Bangladesh (1 C, 7 P) + Cultural festivals in Dhaka (9 P) F. Festivals of Bangladeshi culture (1 C, 17 P) Food and drink festivals in ...
Pohela Boishakh (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ) [n 1] (Phonetics: pohela bōiśakh) is the Bengali New Year celebrated by the Bengali people worldwide and as a holiday on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian [2] states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam (Goalpara and Barak Valley).
The festival gets a lot of support from the creative army of Bengali culture. Several poets, musicians, baul and painters flock to such mass gatherings. There is a famous play written on nabanna by Bijon Bhattacharya which depicts the sad incident of the great Bengal Famine of 1943. [ 1 ]
Bangladesh observes numerous public holidays, which include national memorials, religious celebrations, and secular holidays of Bengali origin. The Bengali traditional calendar, known as Baṅgābda, is both the national and official calendar of the country.
The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Asia, with links to separate lists by country and region where applicable. This list includes festivals of diverse types, including regional festivals, commerce festivals, film festivals , folk festivals , carnivals , recurring festivals on holidays, and music festivals . [ 1 ]