DU set to welcome Pahela Baishakh tomorrow

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FE Team | Published: April 12, 2022 23:34:25

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After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Dhaka University is all set to welcome the Bengali New Year 1429 tomorrow (Thursday), reports UNB.
Regarded as the educational and socio-cultural hub of the country, Dhaka University and its Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), better known as Charukala, are preparing to observe this year's Pahela Baishakh for the last couple of weeks.
Traditionally, every year Dhaka University celebrates the occasion with festive traits by arranging different sorts of functions including the colourful procession called the "Mangal Shobhajatra". The flagship procession was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2016.
After visiting the Zainul Gallery of the university's Fine Arts faculty, it was seen that students are busy preparing the equipment for the procession including banners, festoons, festive masquerades and gigantic replicas of birds, fish, animals such as lions, tigers, owls and more.
The students of the 22nd and 23rd batch of the Fine arts faculty of Dhaka University are in charge of hosting this year's Pahela Baishakh celebration.
DU and Charukala authority have announced that festive masks and bags cannot be carried on campus during the day of Pahela Baishakh. However, masks that are being prepared by Charukala can be collected and carried.