Name : Amit BiswasID : 143003014

Department Of Textile

TO MY PRESENTATION

FESTIVALS IN

BANGLADESH

First of all I want to say Bangladesh is a land of festival . During hole year here festivals comes one after one & all of us enjoy-celebrate that festivals.

One thing is special in Bangladesh . Many of religious festival are celebrated & those festivals celebrated by all the peoples of all religious . There is a verse in Bangla about it “ “ধর্ম� যার যার উৎসব সবার .

Introduction

The advent of bangali new year is gaily observed throughout the country.The day mid april is a public holyday.Most colorful day long gatherings along with arrangement of cultural program and traditional pantaat Ramana park,Dhaka is a special feature of pahela baishakh.Turnaments,boat races etc. are held in cities and villages amidst great jubilation.Many fairs are held in Dhaka and other towns and villages.

PAHELA BAISHAK

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The biggest muslim festival observed throuthout the world . This is held on the day following the Ramadan or the month of fasting.In Dhaka big congregations are held at the national eidgah and many Mosque.The biggest eid jamat held in Solakia moidan,in Kishorganj district.

EID-UL-FITR

Second biggest festival of the muslims.It is held marking the hajj in mecca on the 10th zilhaj,the lunar month.Eid congregations are held throughout the country.Animals are sacrificed in reminiscence of Hazrat Ibrahim’s [AM].Preparedness for the supreme of his beloved son to Allah.It is a public holyday.

EID-UL-AZHA

Muharram procession is a ceremonial mournful procession of muslim community.A large procession is brought out from the Hussaini dalan Imambara on 10th Muharram in memory of the tragic martyrdom of Islam Hossain [RA] on this at Karbala in Iraq.Some observation are made else where in the country.

MUHARRAM

Durga puja, the biggest festival of the Hindu community continoues for ten days,the last three days beings calmination with the idol immersed in rivers.In Dhaka the big celebration are held at Dhakeswari temple,where a fair is also held and at the Ram Krishna Mission.

DURGA PUJA

Vesākha (Pali; Sanskrit: Vaiśākha), also known as Buddha Purnima and Buddha Day, is a holiday observed traditionally by Buddhists on different days in India, Sri-Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore,Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Myanmar and in other places all over the world. Sometimes informally called "Buddha's Birthday", it actually commemorates the birth, enlightenment (nirvāna), and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in the Theravada or southern tradition.

BUDDHA PURNIM

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