Staff Reporter :
Pahela Falgun, the first day of Spring of Bengali month Falgun, was celebrated in the city as elsewhere across the country on Monday with great joys, love, flowers, poems, songs and dances.
People from all walks of life, especially young men and women, in traditional attires converged on Bakultala of the Faculty of Fine Arts (Charukala) of Dhaka University, its adjacent places — Suhrawardy Udyan and Shahbagh – since morning to welcome the Pahela Falgun.
Girls and women along with their male counterparts wore different hues of yellow and orange to welcome the season by dancing and singing with immense zeal and laughter.
Jatiya Boshonto Utshab Udjapan Parishad arranged the main programme of the day. As thousands of young men and women gathered on the DU campus to celebrate day, the whole area turned into a festive mood.
The colourful Bengali month of Falgun began yesterday coinciding with the arrival of Spring, better known as ‘Bashanto’ which was celebrated as a symbol of yellow and orange colour festival and the rebirth of nature.
The nature got a new look in vivid colours as trees discard old leaves paving ways for new cohorts to grow and resemble the farewell of winter and emergence of summer in the typical Bengali calendar each year.
The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela took on a festive look yesterday on the occasion of Pahela Falgun. Stalls of popular publications buzzed with book enthusiasts on the occasion. Meanwhile, people, especially the young, are set to celebrate Valentine’s Day in the city and elsewhere across the country with love fun, and festivities today.
Valentine’s Day is a time when people show feelings of love, affection and friendship.
In the capital, thousands of couples, some with their friends, are expected to gather on the Dhaka University campus and other popular hangouts in colourful apparels.
While most girls will be found wearing saris and flowers carefully, and quite enchantingly, tucked in their locks, their male partners will be wearing traditional panjabis and some carrying bouquets. Different socio-cultural organisations are scheduled to organise programmes in the city to mark the day.
Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is an annual event celebrated on February 14.
It originated as a Western Christian liturgical feast day honoring one or more early saints named Valentinus, and is recognized as a significant cultural and commercial celebration in many regions around the world, although it is not a public holiday in any country.
