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