Celebrating the new year in Nepal and Bangladesh

Agencies Published April 14, 2012
Nepalese youths play traditional music during The Bisket Jatra Festival at Thimi on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 14. ? Photo by AFP
Nepalese youths play traditional music during The Bisket Jatra Festival at Thimi on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 14. ? Photo by AFP
A Dhaka University Art Institute student paints masks for Bengali New Year in Dhaka on April 8, 2012. The Bengali calendar is solar, with the year beginning on Pohela Boishakh which this year falls on April 14, in Bangladesh. ? Photo by AFP
A Dhaka University Art Institute student paints masks for Bengali New Year in Dhaka on April 8, 2012. The Bengali calendar is solar, with the year beginning on Pohela Boishakh which this year falls on April 14, in Bangladesh. ? Photo by AFP
Students of the Art Institute of Dhaka University prepare an installation for celebrations for the Bengali new year in Dhaka on April 12. ? Photo by AFP
Students of the Art Institute of Dhaka University prepare an installation for celebrations for the Bengali new year in Dhaka on April 12. ? Photo by AFP
A Bangladeshi woman performs a fire dance on the day of the Chaitra Sangkranti (last day of the Bengali year) in Dhaka on April 13. Chaitra Sankranti is an age-old festival of rural Bangla which marks the last day of a Bangla year. ? Photo by AFP
A Bangladeshi woman performs a fire dance on the day of the Chaitra Sangkranti (last day of the Bengali year) in Dhaka on April 13. Chaitra Sankranti is an age-old festival of rural Bangla which marks the last day of a Bangla year. ? Photo by AFP
A Bangladeshi child rides a merry-go-round at a rally in celebration of the Bengali New Year or ?Pohela Boishakh? in Dhaka on April 14, 2012. ? Photo by AFP
A Bangladeshi child rides a merry-go-round at a rally in celebration of the Bengali New Year or ?Pohela Boishakh? in Dhaka on April 14, 2012. ? Photo by AFP
Bangladeshi children dressed in traditional attire participate in New Year celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 13. ? Photo by AP
Bangladeshi children dressed in traditional attire participate in New Year celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, April 13. ? Photo by AP
Nepalese devotees throw vermilion powder on each other during Sindur Jatra festival in Thimi, on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 14. Sindur Jatra Festival, is celebrated to welcome the advent of spring and the New Year. ? Photo by AP
Nepalese devotees throw vermilion powder on each other during Sindur Jatra festival in Thimi, on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, April 14. Sindur Jatra Festival, is celebrated to welcome the advent of spring and the New Year. ? Photo by AP
Nepalese revellers carry chariots of Hindu gods and goddesses during The Bisket Jatra Festival at Thimi on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 14. ? Photo by AFP
Nepalese revellers carry chariots of Hindu gods and goddesses during The Bisket Jatra Festival at Thimi on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 14. ? Photo by AFP
A man with a traditional lamp called a "Chirag" joins in the celebration of the Nepali New Year, also known as "Sindoor Jatra", at Bal Kumari in Thimi, near Kathmandu April 14. ? Photo by Reuters
A man with a traditional lamp called a "Chirag" joins in the celebration of the Nepali New Year, also known as "Sindoor Jatra", at Bal Kumari in Thimi, near Kathmandu April 14. ? Photo by Reuters

Festivities began this week in Bangladesh and Nepal as both countries celebrated their own new years. The Bengali calendar is solar, with the year beginning on Pohela Boishakh which this year falls on April 14, while in Nepal, the new year  'Sindoor Jatra' was celebrated to welcome the advent of spring. - Text and photos by Agencies

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Sam
Apr 14, 2012 07:52pm
Nice photographs but the description do not match pictures................
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tarif71
Apr 16, 2012 01:48pm
well said :)
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frans
Apr 14, 2012 10:17pm
best wishes for the new year, frans
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frans
Apr 14, 2012 10:23pm
best wishes, nature is stonger than us and respect it, br/frans
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dream
Apr 15, 2012 12:29am
wishes best of life
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Dennis Dey
Apr 15, 2012 01:31am
The descriptions match perfectly. The vibrant Bengali culture was what Pakistan tried to suppress with brute force in 1971, and now Bangladesh has overtaken Pakistan.
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alam
Apr 15, 2012 02:42pm
you ignorance never know about culture in islam. study well and pracice please. Alllah has tell in the quran that he created human in different culture in different race. so wht is wrong about the culture of individuale that does not contrast with relegion. Wish Allah will guide you and all of us in the right path insallah
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haroon rooha
Apr 15, 2012 07:39am
In Pakistan too Baisakhi is the New yr.But Muslims preffer the Arabic culture ,calander and character over the 5000 yrs old scientific ,time tested democratic all accepting democratic, Humanism.
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