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

Preparations underway for Bengali New Year celebrations

STORY: Preparations underway for Bengali New Year celebrations SHOOTING TIME: April 9, 2024 DATELINE: April 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of people at Dhaka University making paper works STORYLINE: As Bengali New Year nears, preparations are in full swing across Bangladesh, especially in the capital, Dhaka. The day, usually celebrated every year on April 14, is marked by grand festivities. Currently, artists from Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts are dedicating their time to crafting paper masks and large bamboo symbolic animal figures. They will be used at the main colorful new year procession called the Mangal Shobhajatra (March of Good Tidings). The flagship procession was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2016. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Dhaka. (XHTV)

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