Barisal Correspondent :
The Nabanna Utshab-1423, new harvesting season at late autumn, was observed colourfully by Dalit Matua Community on Friday at Amritangan of Natun Bazar area in Barisal with the slogan ‘Natun Dhanney Hobey Nabanna Aaj Shukrabar’ . Matua Samprodaya, the Hindu Dalits sect of farmers, agricultural workers and followers of Hari Guruchand Thakur, organized this Nabanna or ‘the festival of new harvest’ during the Bangla month of Agrahayan (Nov-Dec).’ Mon diey Krishi Karo, Pujo Mati Mae, Mone Rekho, Bechey Achho, Matir Kripae’ (do agriculture earnestly, worship the mother-earth, remind that, you are living on courtesy of the soil), was the theme of the festival. Central leader of Puja Committee Tapos Kumar Pal attending the programme as chief guest inaugurated the festival in morning presided over by community leader Probitra Abotar Moha Motuacharja, convener of the festival committee. Participants of the festival called for end of inner and inter-communal discriminations and to observe the Nabanna Utsav officially as a national cultural festival. Dr. Gokul Chandra Bishwas, president of the Hari-Guruchand Samprodaya Matua Mandir Committee, Manik Mukherjee Kudu, Swapan Datta, Suranjit Datta Litu Rabindra Nath Adhikari, Narayan Chandra Dey Naru, Nittananda Majumdar, community leaders, Saidur Rahman Rintu, Sadar upazila chairman, Gazi Nazmul Hasan Litu, local councilor, addressed the inaugural session of the festival.
The Nabanna Utshab-1423, new harvesting season at late autumn, was observed colourfully by Dalit Matua Community on Friday at Amritangan of Natun Bazar area in Barisal with the slogan ‘Natun Dhanney Hobey Nabanna Aaj Shukrabar’ . Matua Samprodaya, the Hindu Dalits sect of farmers, agricultural workers and followers of Hari Guruchand Thakur, organized this Nabanna or ‘the festival of new harvest’ during the Bangla month of Agrahayan (Nov-Dec).’ Mon diey Krishi Karo, Pujo Mati Mae, Mone Rekho, Bechey Achho, Matir Kripae’ (do agriculture earnestly, worship the mother-earth, remind that, you are living on courtesy of the soil), was the theme of the festival. Central leader of Puja Committee Tapos Kumar Pal attending the programme as chief guest inaugurated the festival in morning presided over by community leader Probitra Abotar Moha Motuacharja, convener of the festival committee. Participants of the festival called for end of inner and inter-communal discriminations and to observe the Nabanna Utsav officially as a national cultural festival. Dr. Gokul Chandra Bishwas, president of the Hari-Guruchand Samprodaya Matua Mandir Committee, Manik Mukherjee Kudu, Swapan Datta, Suranjit Datta Litu Rabindra Nath Adhikari, Narayan Chandra Dey Naru, Nittananda Majumdar, community leaders, Saidur Rahman Rintu, Sadar upazila chairman, Gazi Nazmul Hasan Litu, local councilor, addressed the inaugural session of the festival.
