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

Bangladesh's Bengali New Year celebration returns with in-person events

STORY: Bangladesh's Bengali New Year celebration returns with in-person events DATELINE: April 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:32 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people in the Mongol Shobhajatra (procession marking Bengali New Year) 2. various of Bangladesh police and other law enforcement personnel in the Mongol Shobhajatra 3. various of people dancing and singing STORYLINE: In-person celebrations of the Bengali New Year have returned to the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. People from all walks of life joined a mega colorful procession Thursday. The procession, or the Mangal Shobha Jatra, greeted Pohela Boishakh, or the first day of the New Year, with renewed hope and good spirits. Thousands of people wearing traditional costumes joined the procession that started at Dhaka University. It ended with a flagship curtain-raising cultural event at dawn in the city's park. Due to COVID-19, the procession was canceled in 2020 and was scaled down last year. The procession was held under