Pahela Falgun today

Desk Report: Pahela Falgun, a festival welcoming the advent of spring, is being celebrated across the country specially in the capital today (Wednesday) with wearing yellow dresses, flower-made ornaments and holding traditional musical functions.

As spring has arrived with blossom of flowers and new leaves in trees, nature is getting fresh and colorful shape that touches heart and minds of all ages of people.

The spring has been depicted as the king of all seasons in poetry for its extra-ordinary beauty of nature. After the dryness of winter, new leaves start to come out again and the nature adorns the branches with new colorful flowers like Shimul, Polash and Marigold denoting the message of arrival of spring. In nature, it is considered that “Krishnachura” flower brings the message of arrival of spring.

Bangalees mark the spring festival on the first day of Bengali month of Falgun. It is also called Basanta Utsab.

Festival loving people in Dhaka are now busy to welcome the advent of spring in a befitting manner. City markets are seen overcrowded with purchasers buying colorful panjabees and sharees and other traditional dresses ahead of the festival.

Different brands of garment products, shoes and ornaments are also giving special offer for customers on the eve of the festival.

Newspapers have published special supplements for the last couple of days carrying the message of the festival.

Thousands of people specially the youths across the country are welcoming the arrival of spring with attiring colorful “bashonti” (yellow or orange colored) dresses particularly yellow or red panjabees and sharees and presenting flowers to their soul mates as a token of their profound love bringing joys in life.
Clad in yellow attires with brunches of flowers in the hair bun and hands, hundreds of young girls and boys are thronging the Bakultala on the premises of Fine Arts Faculty at Dhaka University (DU), the centre point of the festival to celebrate spring, singing songs, reciting poems and dancing. Ramna Park, Rabindra Sarobar and Hatirjheel draw a huge crowd on that day.

The entire DU campus including Teachers-Students Centre (TSC), Arts Faculty, Curzon Hall, University Mall (Mall Chattar) and the compound of Amar Ekeushy Granthamela have turned into the best place to hang out with friends, family members and beloved ones on the day.


risingbd/Dhaka/Feb 13, 2019/Mukul