Colorful celebrations held to mark Bengali New Year in Dhaka
STORY: Colorful celebrations held to mark Bengali New Year in Dhaka
SHOOTING TIME: April 14, 2024
DATELINE: April 17, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:28
LOCATION: Dhaka
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
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1. various of the mega colourful procession in Dhaka
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of thousands of people in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, participated on Sunday in a colorful procession featuring evocative masks, floats and motifs of Bangladeshi culture.
The procession greeted Pohela Boishakh, the first day of the New Year, with renewed hope and good spirits. Celebrants rang in Bengali New Year 1431 with a combination of traditional and modern ritual practices.
People in traditional costumes joined the procession called Mangal Shobhajatra, which kicked off at Dhaka University. It followed a curtain-raising, musical soiree that ended at dawn in Ramna park.
Students of Dhaka University's Institute of Fine Arts coordinated the procession to welcome the Bengali New Year. The soiree was sponsored by Chhayanaut, a leading cul
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