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 SHOTLIST: 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

Bangladeshi people celebrate Bengali New Year in style

STORY: Bangladeshi people celebrate Bengali New Year in style DATELINE: April 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:58 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Bengali New Year celebrations STORYLINE: With much fervor and enthusiasm, people in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the South Asian country joined in celebrations of the traditional new year on Friday. In traditional costumes, Dhaka residents participated in a colorful procession, the Mangal Shobha Jatra, to welcome the Bengali New Year 1430 with renewed hope and good spirits. The procession started from the Dhaka University following the conclusion of a flagship curtain-raising cultural event at dawn held in the city's lush green Ramna Park. People from all walks of life in Dhaka participated in the mega colorful procession featuring evocative masks, floats and motifs of the Bangladeshi culture. The motifs highlighted a large-scale replica of a horse alongside other handcrafted clay figurines and traditional artifa