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Maksuda
Bangladesh is a country of colourful fairs and festivals. In our
Bangladesh the Spring season begins after the end of Winter & stays for two months [Falgun and Chaitra]. A
colorful festival is held to welcome Bashanto. Attired in reddish-yellow
saris with red border and hairs decorated with flowers, young women and
girls as well as young men and boys in traditional pajama and punjabi,
carrying flowers, took part in the colorful march. A good number of kids
also got their attractive faces painted with different motifs including
birds, national flag, butterflies etc. Pahela Falgun is celebrated on
February 13. It is called the ‘Rituraj Bashonto’.
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