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Pohela Boishakh - 1420: A Cultural Tourism in Bangladesh
Pohela Boishakh is the first day of Bengali year when a new year begins. Pohela Boishakh is one of the biggest festivals in Bangladesh. E...
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Pohela Boishakh - 1420: A Cultural Tourism in Bangladesh
Pohela Boishakh is the first day of Bengali year when a new year begins. Pohela Boishakh is one of the biggest festivals in Bangladesh. Every year the people of Bangladesh celebrate this day with more and more pleasure as it is a culture of Bangladesh. The whole country forms into a festive mood. It occurs in 14th April in every year. Like every year the people of Bangladesh has celebrated the Pohela Boishakh 1420 in 14th April, 2013.
Chayanot:
The
first program of the day was started by Chayanot at Ramna under the banyan tree
(Ramna Botmul) in Dhaka. In the early morning
the program was started with various songs especially the song of Rabindranath
Tagore – “Esho he Boishakh, esho esho….”, poems, and dance at 6.15
am. There were the students of Chayanot. Actually they sang the songs. Totally
110 singers participated in which there were 42 child singers. Sanjida Khatun
was was the President of this program. Thousands of people attend there.
Mongol Shovajatra (Procession for welfare):
One
of the main attractions of the Pohela Boishakh’s celebration is the Mongol
Shovajatra (a procession for welfare) that holds in the area of University of Dhaka. Like every year the students of
Fine Arts of University of Dhaka has made many items for the purpose of the
Pohela Boishakh. Mongol Shovajatra was started at 11.00 am. In this Procession
thousands of people of all ages, religions and classes participated with
colorful dressing, flute, dram and so on. There were a dove and a large snake on this
procession. The dove represented peace and the demonized snake represented the
communal forces that trouble the nation. In every year there is a theme in this
procession. In this year there was a theme that was “Rajakar Free Bangladesh,
Endless Struggle for Freedom”. The procession was started from the Institute of Fine Arts,
and then it went to Shahbag, Motso Bhaban, Doel Chattar, TSC and ended in the Institute of Fine Arts.
Panta-Elish:
To
eat Panta-Elish has become the tradition and culture of Pohela Boishakh. People
took Panta-Elish with chili and different kinds of Vorta (something boiled).
Halkhata:
From
this day the business people started their new account. To get money from their
debtor, they invite them and entertain with different kinds of foods.
Alpona in Manikmia Avenue:
Something
difference has been done in this year that is painting on the road. It is
called “Alpona”. To welcome 1420, the people of Dhaka painted on the road at Manikmia Avenue
with the help of “airtel of Bangladesh”.
They made one of the biggest alpona where there were 270 artists, 4000 liters
of paint and thousands of friends. Thus they made one great 30000 square feet
alpona. The people did this before the night of Pohela Boisakh.
The
Pohela Boishakh was celebrated through all over the countries. You may come here to enjoy cultural tourism.
N.B: This video is collected from Airtel Buzz
N.B: This video is collected from Airtel Buzz
Ahsan Manzil - Dhaka
Ahsan Manzil is one of the most
significant architectural Monuments of Bangladesh. It is situated at Kumratoli
on the bank of Buriganga River in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. It
was the palace of
Nawab family. Now it is
used as museum.
In the mid of 18th
century, Sheikh Enayet Ullah who was the landlord of Jamalpur Porgona, built a
beautiful palace and named it as Rang Mahal. After that his son, Sheikh Moti
Ullah, sold the Rang Mahal to the French business people. That’s why it was
familiar as business house for a long time. After that Khwaja Alimullah purchased
the business house in 1835 and started to live here. Nawab Abdul Ghani, the son of
Khwaja Alimullah rebuilt the palace and it took thirteen years to complete. The
construction task started in 1859 and completed in 1872. After the completion he named it as Ahsan Manzil after his son Khwaja Ahsan
Ullah. In the eastern side of the Ahsan Manzil, Khwaja Ahsan Ullah built a new
building with a different design. Since then the new one was called as “Ondor
Mahal” and the old one was called “Rong Mahal”.
Now Ahsan Manzil is used as
museum and one of the most attractive tourist spot in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
If you enter into the area of this palace through the gate, you can see
beautiful garden with various flowers beside the road. You may be more
attracted by seeing these various flowers with various colors. There is a big
green field in front of the Manzil. There is also a big stairs coming from the
Manzil to the field. The Ahsan Manzil is divided into two parts – the eastern side
called as “Rong Mahal” and the western side called as “Ondor Mahal”. You can
see 23 galleries in Ahsan Manzil.
In gallery one, you can know the
history of Ahsan Manzil and about the two parts of Ahsan Manzil.
In gallery two, you will get
historical information.
In gallery three, you can see a
dining room where there are mirrors, almirah and various things made by glass.
In gallery four, you can see
drums, swords, armed and figures those were used by Nawabs. The dome that can
be seen from the outside of the Manzil is in this gallery. The palace with this
dome was only one highest building on that period in Dhaka.
Thus you can know and enjoy all
of galleries if you visit this palace. If you complete visiting all around of
this palace going there, you will want to visit again. As beautiful as this
palace is!
However you can come in Dhaka and visit “Ahsan Manzil” in your leisure time. Hope
you will enjoy the moment as long as you visit this beautiful palace.
– S. Saha.
