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DHAKA, April 13, 2021 (BSS) – The nation will celebrate Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year 1428, tomorrow virtually as the government has enforced a weeklong stricter restriction from April 14 to stem the alarming spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Pahela Baishakh is one of the most colourful and biggest festivals through which the Bangalees bid farewell to the old year and welcome the New Year.
On this occasion, people from all walks of life wear traditional Bangalee dresses. Young women wear white sarees with red borders and adorn themselves with bangles, flowers, and tips, while men wear white pyjamas and panjabi or kurta.
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traditional Chaitra Sankranti festival tomorrow marking the last day
of the Bangla year.
It is celebrated more in rural areas than in urban, where it has
celebrated for hundreds of years. It is the day before Pohela Boishakh
and more popular than Pohela Boishakh in rural areas.
In recent years it has also been adopted into the urban lifestyle.
On Chaitra Sankranti, Bangalees usually say goodbye to the Bangla
year and welcome the Nababarsho (New Year) on Pohela Boishakh through
different festivities.
Sankranti is celebrated through arranging fairs, pitha melas, musical
events and other festivities.
government has imposed restrictions on all kinds of public gatherings