
Pohela Falgun () is a festival observed the first day of
Spring of the
Bengali month of
Falgun in
Bangladesh
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The celebration was started in 1991 by students of
Dhaka University
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's
Faculty of Fine Arts
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. Before 2019, the first of Falgun used to fell on 13 February of the
Gregorian Calendar
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, however, from 2020 onwards, due to changes to the
Bangladeshi calendars, Pohela Falgun is celebrated on 14 February, making the day celebrated with the
Valentine's Day
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Pohela Falgun to be celebrated on Valentine's Day, Dhaka Tribune, 10 February 2020
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are seen to wear traditional clothes consisting of yellow , red and even shades of orange. Some females even prefers to wear bangles and floral ornaments.
Etymology
In Bengali, Pohela stands for 'first' and ' Falgun' is the eleventh month of the Bengali calendar
The Bengali Calendar or Bangla Calendar (, colloquially , or , , "Bangla Year") is a solar calendar used in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. In contrast to the traditional Indian Hindu calendar, which begins with the month Chait ...
.
See also
* Pohela Boishakh
Pohela Boishakh () is the Bengali New Year celebrated by the Bengalis, Bengali people worldwide and as a holiday on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April or 14 April (leap year) in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam ( ...
* Culture of Bangladesh
The culture of Bangladesh is intertwined with the culture of the ''Bengal region'' of the Indian subcontinent. It has evolved over the centuries and encompasses the cultural diversity of several social groups of Bangladesh. The Bengal Renaissa ...
* Festivals of Bangladesh
* Festivals of West Bengal
References
Culture of Bangladesh
Festivals of Bangladeshi culture
Events in Bangladesh
Culture of Bengal
Folk festivals in Bangladesh
Cultural festivals in Bangladesh
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