Staff Reporter :
Pahela Falgun, the first day of Bengali month of Falgun, which heralds the much awaited Spring will be celebrated across the country amid various cultural programmes, including musical soiree and dance performance today (Monday).
This celebration is known as ‘Bosonto Utsob’ characterized by the blazing red and yellow colours, the melodies of home-bound birds, and returning to a warmer climate. It also provides a respite from the colourless monotony of winter. Falgun brings joys and colours both in nature and life as after the dryness of winter, new leaves start coming out again and the nature adorns the branches with new colorful flowers like Shimul, Polash and Marigold.
Besides, the melodies of birds or mild touch of the sunshine makes people of all ages cheerful.
Bakultola of the Faculty of Fine Arts (Charukala) of Dhaka University (DU) is the centre point of the festival as thousands of young men and women gather there in the morning and celebrate the day singing songs, reciting poems and performing dances. The entire DU campus and the Ekeushy Boi mela premises are expected to turn into a celebration of joys and love. Girls are dressed in ‘bashonti’ (yellow or orange) coloured sarees and adorning floral ornaments while boys wearing colourful panjabis, will welcome the arrival of Spring.
Jatiya Boshonto Utshab Udjapan Parishad is set to arrange the main programme of the day at Bakultola at 7.50am on the day followed by colourful procession, songs and dances.
The Bosonto Utsob will also be organised at Bahadurshah Park at Laxmibazar in Old Dhaka, and Rabindrasarobar at Dhanmondi. Apart from these places, the entire capital Dhaka will look a put on a colourful festive look celebrating the Pahela Falgun with different socio-cultural organisations and educational institutions holding a wide range of programmes marking the day.
