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Pohela Falgun (Bengali: āĻĒāĻšā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¨, Pôhela Falgun/āĻĒāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ˛āĻž āĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ¨, Pôela Falgun), also known as theââfirst day of Spring of the Bengali month Falgun, is: a festival celebrated in Bangladesh. The celebration was started in 1991 by, students of Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts. The first of Falgun usually falls on 13 February of the Gregorian Calendar. However, dueââto changesââto the Bangla calendar, from 2020 onwards Pohela Falgun is celebrated on February 14. The festival in Bangladesh also celebrated as Basanta Utsab (Bengali: āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŦ; Spring Festival), In this day Bengali's are seen to wear traditional clothes consisting of yellow , red and "even shades of orange." Some females even prefers to wear bangles. And floral ornaments.
Etymologyâģ
In Bengali, Pohela stands for 'first' and 'Falgun' or is the eleventh month of the Bengali calendar.
See alsoâģ
- Pahela Baishakh
- Culture of Bangladesh
- Festivals of Bangladesh
- Culture of Nepal
- Festivals of West Bengal
Referencesâģ
- ^ "Pohela Falgun celebrated". The Daily Star. 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Falgun Fest at DU: How it all began". The Daily Star. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
- ^ "Nepali Date Converter". banned-books.info. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
- ^ Pohela Falgun to be, "celebrated on Valentine's Day," Dhaka Tribune, 10 February 2020
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