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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Bosontho uthshop
Nobanno (Bangla: নবান্ন) is the festival of harvest in Bangla. The word translates as "New Rice". The festival takes place in the month of Agrohayon or Aghran of theBangla Calendar. Festivities include making traditional cakes named "pitha".
The seeds, which were sowed during the rainy season, have now grown into golden crops despite disasters like flood, heavy downpour and drought. People across the country are dazzled by the colour of the golden paddy. It's harvest time and the villages of Bangladesh are celebrating the traditional festival called Nobanno--the festival of offering new rice to god and pray for a good crop in the coming year.
Organised on the last day of Poush, the festivity captures an array of pithas (rice cakes) made out of new rice with dashes of fresh molasses for the bountiful harvest.
Like the previous years, Jatiyo Nobannotshob Udjapon Porshod celebrated its 24th Nobanno venture at the Bakultola of the Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, yesterday. The festival started at 6am and continued till 10pm with various programmes including painting competition for children, presentation of dance and folk music.
Sauce: Daily star
(This photo has been taken by Bhokulthola Bosontho uthshop "1413 Bangla" (2006), in the charcoal institute, Shahabag Dhaka. #photo by J.Alam/Machizo)