In the context of Bangladesh, the festival of Pahela Baishakh is doubly important, as we fought for our right to be Bengali and to speak in Bangla. Therefore, when a legal notice was sent opposing the celebrations of Mangal Shobhajatra, came together to protest that notice.
With colours and festivities, Bangladesh is celebrating Pahela Baishakh today, the first day on the Bangla calendar. On the first morning of Baisakh 1430, more than a hundred artists of the cultural organisation Chhayanaut welcomed the new Bangla year with, "Esho He Baishakh" - the iconic Baishakhi song of Rabindranath Tagore. Chhayanaut's main programme began