We are Bengalis, and as Bengalis, we have many traditional traditions. Bengali traditions include various types of fairs. One of these fairs is the Baisakhi fair. The Baisakhi fair starts on the first day of the month of Baisakh or the first day of the Bengali New Year. If you want to know the Bengali tradition, you need to know the first Baisakh. So below I will know the basic history of what is the first Baisakh and how it came to be.


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Origin of Bengali Shon

Mughal Emperor Jalal Uddin Akbar introduced Bengali listening. In 1584, he introduced a new system of counting the year called Tarikh-e-Ilahi with the help of his astrologer, I Fateyullah Siraj, for the convenience of tax collection. At that time the prevailing royal year was the Hijri year, and it was not possible to collect taxes in the same month every year. Bengali year did not start from zero, Hijri year was 923 in the year when the Bengali year was introduced. According to the order of the emperor, the year of introduction in 1923, the journey of Bengal Son began. But the effectiveness of the Bangla Sun has been shown since 1956. Because that year was the year of Emperor Akbar's accession to the throne.


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Bangla year

Amir Fatehullah Siraji invented the Fasli year or Bengali year in accordance with the traditional Hijri year on the orders of Emperor Akbar. Fasli year was introduced keeping in mind the harvest season. At a later stage, according to the name of different regions, Fosli shon took different forms and in Bangladesh, it was called Bangla shon.

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Origin of Bengali New Year

Bangla Sun originates from Bangla Sun. Bangla Calendar Reform Committee was formed in 1963 under the leadership of prominent linguist Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah under the initiative of the Bangla Academy. The committee recommended fixing Pahela Baisakh on 14th April. Later, on the recommendation of another committee called "Bangla Calendar Reform Committee", it was decided to observe April 14th as Pahela Baishakh in a meeting held in Bangla Academy in 1994. Thus 14th of April is celebrated as Pahela Baisakh every year.

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New Year Ceremony

As soon as the sun rises, the Bengali New Year ceremony begins with the music program of Chayanot at Ramna Botmule in the capital Dhaka. This is the biggest event in the capital and the country in organizing Baisakhi. The new year is welcomed with musical performances by Chhaynat artists. The place is known as Botmul, but actually, the tree under the shade of which the mantra is cast is an Ashvat tree.

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New Year celebrations

Mars Procession

Mangal Sobhayatra is a symbol of the folk tradition of the people of Bangladesh. The journey of this Varshavaran event started with Mangal Shobhayatra. In 1985, an organization named Charpeeth of Jessore organized the Anand Shobhayatra for the first time to bring together people of all classes by presenting the folk culture of the country. After Jessohar's procession, the first Anand procession was organized in 1989 by the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University. Since 1995, this Ananda Shobhayatra has come to be known as Mangal Shobhayatra. Artist Emdad Hossain Mangal named the procession. On November 30, 2016, the United Nations UNESCO listed this colorful Mars procession as an intangible cultural heritage.

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Hilsa bhaji and panta rice

The culturally traditional food of the Mars procession is Hilsa Bhaji and Panta Bhaat along with dry roasted chilies. Panta rice is a kind of rice that is soaked in water after cooking overnight and eaten in the morning, called Panta. Hilsa bhaji and panta bhaat are delicious dishes that Bengalis have passed down from generation to generation.

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Stick game

A popular game of the fair organized to commemorate the Bengali New Year is the stick game. In this game, some contestants attract the attention of the audience by playing with sticks. It is an important game of rural tradition

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Halkhata

At the beginning of the Bengali New Year, Halkhata is the initiative of this event to settle old accounts and open new accounts for business men. On this occasion, regular customers are usually entertained with sweets and old dues are paid and new accounts are registered.

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Baisabi

Just as there are plants to welcome the Bengali Bengali New Year, small people are not left behind. They celebrate New Year every year on the 30th and 31st of Bangla Chaitra and the 1st of Baisakh. The last two days of the Bengali year and the first day of the new year are celebrated as Biju, Baisuk, Vishu, and other festivals in the country, but it is known as Baisabi in the plains. The name Vaisabi is derived from the root of three names: "Vaisuk" of Tripura, "Sangrai" of Marma, and "Biju" of Chakmad. Baisabi festival has been celebrated since 1985 as a collective initiative.

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