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Unit: 3; Lesson-6(B); Pahela Boishakh

‘Pahela Boishakh’ is the first day of Bangla new year. The day is a public holiday.

āĻĒāĻšā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻŦā§ˆāĻļāĻžāĻ– āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž āĻ¨āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĨ¤

This day has a special significance for us as it forms a part of Bangalee culture and tradition.

āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ“ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤

People from all walks of life, irrespective of their ethnic identity or religious beliefs, celebrate the day with traditional festivities.

āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ—āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇā§‡, āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻ†āĻŽā§‹āĻĻ- āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽā§‹āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

On this day, the whole of Bangladesh is in a festive mood. The day inspires people to start life with renewed hopes and aspirations.

āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ—ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ˜āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻļāĻž āĻ“ āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ–āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĨ¤

Every year the day is celebrated traditionally. People wake up early in the morning, have a bath and wear their traditional clothes.

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻžāĻ—āĻ¤āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻ ā§‡, āĻ—ā§‹āĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

Women wear white saris with red borders and adorn themselves with colourful churis and flowers, while men dress themselves with pajamas and punjabis.

āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒā§‡ā§œā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻļāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻšā§ā§œāĻŋ āĻ“ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻœāĻžā§Ÿ, āĻ†āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻŽāĻž āĻ“ āĻĒāĻžāĻžā§āĻœāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

It is a day when people love eating traditional food. This day the most colourful event is held in Dhaka.

āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻ—āĻ¤ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ–ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ°āĻ™āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

Early in the morning, people in hundreds and thousands pour in from all directions to attend the cultural function at Ramna Batamul organised by Chhyanata.

āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡, āĻļāĻ¤ āĻļāĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ°āĻŽāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻŸāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ›āĻžā§ŸāĻžāĻ¨āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡āĨ¤

The cultural programme begins just with sunrise and the renowned artists of the country take part in the program that starts with the famous Tagore-song Esho-he-Boishakh, Esho Esho …….. .

āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻžāĻĻā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ¨ā§‡ā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ°āĻŦā§€āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ ’āĻāĻ¸ā§‹ āĻšā§‡ āĻŦā§ˆāĻļāĻžāĻ–, āĻāĻ¸ā§‹ āĻāĻ¸ā§‹â€™ āĻ—āĻžāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĨ¤

Artists also sing traditional folk songs, and display classical dances with the rhythm of musical instruments.

āĻĒāĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻĒāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ—ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ—āĻžā§Ÿ, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ÃĻāĻĒāĻĻā§€ āĻ¨ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

People also come to join the colourful processions, the biggest carnival of the country, organised by the Fine Arts students of Dhaka University.

āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤, āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦā§ƒāĻšā§Ž āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻŦ, āĻ°āĻ‚āĻŦā§‡āĻ°āĻ‚āĻ™ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡āĨ¤

The procession usually displays the traditional practices of Bangalee culture. The masks and wreaths worn by the people are so fascinating!

āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻŦāĻžāĻ™āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻļ āĻ“ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻœā§āĻœāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°ā§‹ āĻšāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

Often they symbolize contemporary worries or happiness in the national life. It attracts increasing number of foreign tourists every year.

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§ŸāĻŋāĻ• āĻœāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ–ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§€āĻ•ā§€ āĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

The day is also observed all over the country. Different social and cultural organisations and educational institutions celebrate the day with their own cultural programmes.

āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻœāĻŋāĻ• āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

On this day, newspapers bring out special supplements. There are also special programmes on the radio and television channels.

āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ–āĻŦāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ—āĻœāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§‹ā§œāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ°ā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ“ āĻŸā§‡āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

The celebration of Pahela Boishakh marks a day of cultural unity for the whole nation irrespective of caste and creed.

āĻĒāĻšā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻŦā§ˆāĻļāĻžāĻ– āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ—ā§āĻ° āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ• āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻšāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

1.Significance (n)

2.Tradition (n)

3.Ethnic (adj)

4.Celebrate (v)

5.Festivities (n)

6.Inspire (v)

7.Renowned (adj)

āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§§.āĻ¤āĻžā§ŽāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯

ā§¨.āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯

ā§Š.āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§€ā§Ÿ

ā§Ē.āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨

ā§Ģ.āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸

ā§Ŧ.āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§­.āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

08. Perform (v)

09. Procession (n)

10. Carnival (adj)

11. Mask (n)

12. Wreath (n)

13. Fascinating (adj)

14. Contemporary (adj)

āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ

ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž/ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛/ āĻļā§‹āĻ­āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŽā§‡āĻ˛āĻž

ā§§ā§§. āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻļ

ā§§ā§¨. āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻž, āĻšāĻžāĻ°

ā§§ā§Š. āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖā§€ā§Ÿ, āĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āĻ§āĻ•āĻ°

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§ŸāĻŋāĻ•

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

15. Supplements (n)

16. Celebration

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