Today is “Pohela Baishakh” (means 1st Baishakh), it is the first day of the Bengali New Year, today we Bengalis are celebrating our new year (Bengali Year 1415); On this day we greet each other by saying “
Shuvo Noboborsho” it means
Happy New Year, it is the biggest cultural celebration and occasion of our nation. On this day we mark our faces and bodies with colors, tattoos; we build wooden horses, elephants and other structures, we make tigers, dolls etc. with paper, we sing traditional songs and eat traditional food (rice, Hilsa - a type of fish, sweetmeat, curd, pita etc.), and we pray that the New Year would be full of happiness and prosperity. I wanted to share this special cultural occasion with u guys, so “Shuvo Noboborsho” everyone!
