Unit: 3; Lesson-6(B); Pahela Boishakh
âPahela Boishakhâ is the first day of Bangla new year. The day is a public holiday.
āĻĒāĻšā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻ¨āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĨ¤
This day has a special significance for us as it forms a part of Bangalee culture and tradition.
āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻļ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§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¸āĻāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ§āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇā§, āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĻ- āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°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.
āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻļāĻž āĻ āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤
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¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻŽ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§, āĻā§āĻ¸āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ¤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§ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻļāĻžā§āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§ā§āĻŋ āĻ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻžā§, āĻāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§āĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻž āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
It is a day when people love eating traditional food. This day the most colourful event is held in Dhaka.
āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇ āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻžā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
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.
āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§, āĻļāĻ¤ āĻļāĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻāĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻŽāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻāĻŽā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžā§āĻžāĻ¨āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°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¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻžāĻĻā§ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ āĻāĻļ āĻ¨ā§ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšā§ āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¨āĻžāĻĨ āĻ āĻžāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ âāĻāĻ¸ā§ āĻšā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻžāĻ, āĻāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§â āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§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 āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻĒāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻžā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ÃĻāĻĒāĻĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°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.
āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤, āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āĻšā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§āĻ¸āĻŦ, āĻ°āĻāĻŦā§āĻ°āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻŦā§āĻļā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĨ¤
The procession usually displays the traditional practices of Bangalee culture. The masks and wreaths worn by the people are so fascinating!
āĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻļ āĻ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻžā§āĨ¤
Often they symbolize contemporary worries or happiness in the national life. It attracts increasing number of foreign tourists every year.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§āĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻā§ āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°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.
āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻš āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻŽā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
On this day, newspapers bring out special supplements. There are also special programmes on the radio and television channels.
āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻˇ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
The celebration of Pahela Boishakh marks a day of cultural unity for the whole nation irrespective of caste and creed.
āĻĒāĻšā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻžāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻžāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛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§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯ ā§¨.āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ ā§Š.āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§ā§ ā§Ē.āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ ā§Ģ.āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ ā§Ŧ.āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§.āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛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 āĻāĻ°āĻž/ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž ā§Ļā§¯. āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛/ āĻļā§āĻāĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻ˛āĻž ā§§ā§§. āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻļ ā§§ā§¨. āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻž, āĻšāĻžāĻ° ā§§ā§Š. āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖā§ā§, āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ§āĻāĻ° ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸āĻžāĻŽā§āĻŋāĻ |
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
New Word
15. Supplements (n) 16. Celebration |
āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻā§āĻ°ā§ā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ° ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻā§āĻ¸āĻŦ/ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ |