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INDEPENDENCE DAY
Bengali New Year is referred to in Bengali as 'Pohela Boishakh' or 'Nabo Barsho'. In Bengali, Pohela stands for 'first' and Boishakh is first month of Bengali calendar. Nabo means new and Barsho means year. It is basically a harvest festival that celebrates the beginning of crop cycle in Bengal Baisakh also ushers in the beginning of the new agricultural season in Bengal.The Bengali calendar is derived from the Hindu solar calendar, which is itself based on the Surya Siddhanta. King Shoshangko of ancient Bengal, who ruled approximately between 590 CE and 625 CE, is credited with starting the Bengali era. His kingdom encompassed West Bengal, Bangladesh and parts of Bihar, Odisha and Assam. The starting point of the Bengali era is estimated to be on Monday, 12 April 594 in the Julian Calendar and Monday, 14 April 594 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
Houses are not only cleaned thoroughly, but also beautifully decorated. Women make awesome rangolis at the entrance of house. People wear new clothes and go about socializing - exchange sweets and pleasantries among friends and acquaintances. Younger people touch the feet of elders and seek their blessings for the coming year. People also visit friends and dear ones to wish each other 'Shubho Nabo Barsho!'Poila Baisakh is celebrated with magnificent grandeur. Pohela Boishakh is the day for cultural programmes.
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