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Mezban (Bengali: মেজবান), locally known as Mejjan (Chittagonian: মেজ্জান) is a popular social festival held in the Chittagong region by Bengali Muslims of Bangladesh. [1] Historically Mezban is a traditional regional Bengali feast and nowadays refers to both the regional tradition and the feast that results in common ...
Mezban (locally known as Mejjan) is the Bengali word for special occasion feasts in the Chittagong region of Bangladesh. [16] Historically Mezbani is a traditional regional feast where people are invited to enjoy a meal with white rice and beef , besides other dishes rich in animal fat and dairy. [ 17 ]
The popular traditional feast of Mezban features the serving of hot beef dish with white rice. [119] Another dish named kala-bhuna of Chittagong, made with traditional spices, mustard oil, and beef through a special cooking style, is also renowned all over Bangladesh. The cultivation of pink pearls is a historic activity in Chittagong.
Mehregan is an Iranian festival honoring the Zoroastrian yazata Mithra. [2] [4] Under the Achaemenid Empire (330–550 BC), the Armenian subjects of the Persian king gave him 20,000 horses every year during the celebration of Mehregan. Under the Sasanian Empire (224–651), Mehregan was the second most important festival, falling behind Nowruz. [5]
Shab-e-Barat (lit. ' Barat Night '), Cheragh-e-Barat, Berat Kandili, or Nisfu Syaaban (Southeastern Asian Muslims) is a Mid-Sha'ban related cultural celebration celebrated in many South Asian, Central Asian, South East Asian and Middle Eastern Muslim countries, on the 15th night (the night on 15th only) of the month of Sha'ban, the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.
According to the Encyclopædia Britannica and Indian authorities, more than 200 million Hindus gathered for the Kumbh Mela in 2019, including 50 million on the festival's most crowded day. [1] The festival is one of the largest peaceful gatherings in the world, and considered as the "world's largest congregation of religious pilgrims". [25]
Traditional Kalabhuna Preparation in Mezban cooking in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Kala bhuna (Bengali: কালা ভুনা, Chittagonian: হালা ভুনো, romanized: Hala bhuno [2]) is a meat curry made of beef or mutton, originated in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
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 ]