Bangladesh's ‘Mangal Shobhajatra’ is declared UNESCO cultural heritage

[Riyad]

UNESCO recognises Bangla New Year procession ‘Mangal Shobhajatra’ as a cultural heritage
News Desk, bdnews24.com

Published: 2016-11-30 18:04:26.0 BdST Updated: 2016-11-30 22:08:33.0 BdST

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The traditional procession taken out on the Bangla New Year is now a UNESCO cultural heritage.

The ‘Mangal Shobhajatra’ has been put on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Bangladesh embassy in Paris said in a statement on Wednesday.

The statement by Ambassador M Shahidul Islam said the decision came from the 11th session of the intergovernmental committee on intangible cultural heritage in Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.

The Dhaka University’s Faculty of Arts organises the procession every year, begun in the early 1980s.

It has now become one of the main crowd-pullers of the ‘Pahela Baishakh’ celebrations.

It is not just a parade with colourful masks and figures, but it also symbolises the call to fight the evil.

The statement by the Bangladesh mission in Paris said the UNESCO committee recognised that the festival represents ‘solidarity and shared value for democracy, uniting people irrespective of cast, creed, religion, gender or age'.
It said a four-member Bangladesh delegation led by Ambassador Islam, also the permanent representative to the UNESCO, attended the Adis Ababa session on Wednesday.

“The inclusion of Mangal Shobhajatra in the list of cultural heritage of humanity is the result of the government's proactive cultural diplomacy," reads the statement adding it will help reinforce Bangladesh’s image as a secular state.

http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016...ion-mangal-shobhajatra-as-a-cultural-heritage

 

[Syed Taha Wajahat]

very soon they will declare haseena wajid AKA Kaali mata the cultural heritage too

 

[Riyad]

very soon they will declare haseena wajid AKA Kaali mata the cultural heritage too

How is she Kaali mata?

 

[Mage]

How is she Kaali mata?

Probably the same way Urdu is an Islamic language

 

[Al-zakir]

very soon they will declare haseena wajid AKA Kaali mata the cultural heritage too

It's a non Muslim event organized by Hindu population reside in BD.

 

[Michael Corleone]

It's a non Muslim event organized by Hindu population reside in BD.

Seen Muslim participation too. As long as not worshipping... which they don't. It's the culture of people in this land. Which I don't associate with due to me being raised in different culture.

Probably the same way Urdu is an Islamic language

Nice roast. I can smell it from thousands of miles away

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Looking like a colourful carnival