Happy Baisakhi

[HAWK73]

Happy Baisakhi to all sikh brothers.

 

[Bombay]

^^ Baisakhi is a North Indian festival, not exclusive for Sikhs only. All communities celebrate it equally. Though its fervor is more in Punjab and Haryana, because its associated with the cutting of winter crop.

Anyways, Happy Baisakhi to all.

 

[HAWK73]

^^ Baisakhi is a North Indian festival, not exclusive for Sikhs only. All communities celebrate it equally. Though its fervor is more in Punjab and Haryana, because its associated with the cutting of winter crop.

Anyways, Happy Baisakhi to all.

Don`t take it as so serious.
I know what you try to say.
But after all, Baisakhi is belong to Sikhism as well as Holli to Hinduism and EID to Muslim.
We can celibrate all these together.

 

[hembo]

Baishakhi is the main festival in Assam: It's called Bohag Bihu.

 

[herakles]

happy baisakhi to all.

Its time to celebrate the harvast season.

 

[herakles]

Don`t take it as so serious.
I know what you try to say.
But after all, Baisakhi is belong to Sikhism as well as Holli to Hinduism and EID to Muslim.
We can celibrate all these together.

Baisakhi is not exclusive to Sikhism.its north-west Indian festival (mainly of Punjab and Haryana)

Sikhs celebrate Hola-mohallah .

 

[Hyde]

Happy Vasakhi............. aaj Pakistan main oil ki prices aik dum drop hoe hain shayad Vaisakhi ki waja se

Chalo baaqi kuch ho naa ho Vaishakhi (baisakhi) pe zarorat ki cheezon ki prices kam ho jaati hain

 

[HAWK73]

Baisakhi is not exclusive to Sikhism.its north-west Indian festival (mainly of Punjab and Haryana)

Sikhs celebrate Hola-mohallah .

Never heard about thia "Hola-mohalla" before.

 

[RobbieS]

Happy Baisakhi to all sikh brothers.

Thank you Zaki! As they say on our side of the Punjab - "Jatta Aayi Basakhi!"

 

[RobbieS]

Never heard about thia "Hola-mohalla" before.

Hola Mohalla is more of a religious-martial festival of the Sikhs. There is a large mela in Anandpur Sahib on this occassion.Hola Mohalla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Hyde]

Thank you Zaki! As they say on our side of the Punjab - "Jatta Aayi Basakhi!"

Vaishakhi is equally celeberated in Pakistan

Punjab is popular for agriculture sector right? and 70% of Punjab is in Pakistan so consider more fields being cropped on vaishakhi in Pakistan

Happy Vaishakhi to everybody................... this is probably the only nuteral event that both nations celeberate together

 

[Frankenstein]

Happy Baisakhi or Vaishakhi to all

 

[Skies]

In BD according to Bengali Calender 14 April is Pohela Boishakh. It's called Praner Mela (=fair of souls in BD).

Pohela Baishakh:

Pôhela Boishakh (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাà¦&#8211 or Pôila Boishakh is the first day of the Bangla Calendar. Pôhela Boishakh is celebrated in a festive manner in both Bangladesh and West Bengal. In Bangladesh, Pôhela Boishakh is a public holiday and in West Bengal it is a national holiday. It falls on April 14 or April 15 of the Gregorian calendar depending on the use of the new amended or the old Bangla calendar respectively. In Bangladesh, it is celebrated on April 14 according to the official amended calendar designed by the Bangla Academy.

Pôhela Boishakh is also known as Nôbo Bôrsho, Bengali New Year, as it is the first day of the first month of Boishakh in the Bônggabdo (Bangla Calendar). This day is a very festive time for Bengalis.

History:

Under the Mughals, agricultural taxes were collected according to the Hijri calendar. However, as the Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar, it does not coincide with the harvest. As a result, farmers were hard-pressed to pay taxes out of season. In order to streamline tax collection, the Mughal Emperor Akbar ordered a reform of the calendar. Accordingly, Fatehullah Shirazi, a renowned scholar and astronomer, formulated the Bangla year on the basis of the lunar Hijri and Bangla solar calendars. The new Fasli San (agricultural year) was introduced on 10/11 March 1584, but was dated from Akbar's ascension to the throne in 1556. The new year subsequently became known as Bôngabdo or Bengali year.

Celebrations of Pôhela Boishakh started from Akbar's reign. It was customary to clear up all dues on the last day of Choitro. On the next day, or the first day of the new year, landlords would entertain their tenants with sweets. On this occasion there used to be fairs and other festivities. In due course the occasion became part of domestic and social life, and turned into a day of merriment.

The main event of the day was to open a halkhata or new book of accounts. This was wholly a financial affair. In villages, towns and cities, traders and businessmen closed their old account books and opened new ones. They used to invite their customers to share sweets and renew their business relationship with them. This tradition is still practised, especially by jewellers.

In Dhaka:

New Year's festivities are closely linked with rural life in Bengal. Usually on Pôhela Boishakh, the home is thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned; people bathe early in the morning and dress in fine clothes. They spend much of the day visiting relatives, friends, and neighbours. Special foods are prepared to entertain guests. This is one rural festival that has become enormously big in the cities, especially in Dhaka.

Boishakhi fairs are arranged in many parts of the country. Various agricultural products, traditional handicrafts, toys, cosmetics, as well as various kinds of food and sweets are sold at these fairs. The fairs also provide entertainment, with singers and dancers staging jatra (traditional plays), pala gan, kobigan, jarigan, gambhira gan, gazir gan and alkap gan. They present folk songs as well as baul, marfati, murshidi and bhatiali songs. Narrative plays like Laily-Majnu, Yusuf-Zulekha and Radha-Krishna are staged. Among other attractions of these fairs are puppet shows and merry-go-rounds.

Many old festivals connected with New Year's Day have disappeared, while new festivals have been added. With the abolition of the zamindari system, the punya connected with the closing of land revenue accounts has disappeared. Kite flying in Dhaka and bull racing in Munshiganj used to be very colourful events. Other popular village games and sports were horseraces, bullfights, cockfights, flying pigeons, boat racing. Some festivals, however, continue to be observed; for example, bali (wrestling) in Chittagong and gambhira in Rajshahi are still popular events.

Observance of Pôhela Boishakh has become popular in the cities. Early in the morning, people gather under a big tree or on the bank of a lake to witness the sunrise. Artists present songs to usher in the new year. People from all walks of life wear traditional Bengali dress: young women wear white saris with red borders, and adorn themselves with churi bangles, ful flowers, and tip (bindis). Men wear white paejama (pants) or lungi/dhuti and kurta (long shirt). Many townspeople start the day with the traditional breakfast of panta bhat (rice soaked in water), green chillies, onion, and fried hilsa fish.

The most colourful new year's day festival takes place in Dhaka. Large numbers of people gather early in the morning under the banyan tree at Ramna Park where Chhayanat artists open the day with Rabindranath Tagore's famous song, Esho, he Boishakh, Esho Esho (Come, O Boishakh, Come, Come). A similar ceremony welcoming the new year is also held at the Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. Students and teachers of the institute take out a colourful procession and parade round the campus. Social and cultural organisations celebrate the day with cultural programmes. Newspapers bring out special supplements. There are also special programmes on radio and television.

The historical importance of Pôhela Baishakh in the Bangladesh context may be dated from the observance of the day by Chhayanat in 1965. In an attempt to suppress Bengali culture, the Pakistan Government had banned poems written by Rabindranath Tagore, the most famous poet and writer in Bengali literature. Protesting this move, Chhayanat opened their Pôhela Boishakh celebrations at Ramna Park with Tagore's song welcoming the month. The day continued to be celebrated in East Pakistan as a symbol of Bengali culture. After 1972 it became a national festival, a symbol of the Bangladesh nationalist movement and an integral part of the people's cultural heritage. Later, in mid 1980s the Institute of Fine Arts added color to the day by initiating the Boishakhi parade, much like a carnival parade.

In Rangamati:

The punya or raj-punya is now observed only in the three figurative tribal kingdoms in Bangladesh - Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachori. In Rangamati, the principal town of Chittagong Hill Tracts and the seat for the Hill Administrative Council, three different ethnic minority groups have come together to merge their observance of Pôhela Baishakh. Boisuk of Tripura people, Sangrai of Marma people and Biju of Chakma people have come together as BoiSaBi, a day of a wide variety of festivities. One of the more colorful activities of the day in the hills is the water festival of the Marma people.

WIKI source:

Pohela Boishakh is the first day of the Bengali calendar. It is simply called as 'Bengali or Bangla New Year'. It is celebrated in Bangladesh, West Bengal, in Bengali communities in Assam and Tripura.

In Bangladesh, Pohela Boishakh is celebrated on April 14 is a national holiday. In West Bengal and Assam it is a public holiday celebrated on April 15.


Bengali New Year (Bengali: নববর্ষ Nôbobôrsho (from Sanskrit Navavarsha=New Year) or Poela Boishakh (পহেলা বৈশাখ Pôela Boishakh or পয়লা বৈশাখ Pôela Boishakh or Poila Boishakh, from Sanskrit= Pahela Vaisakhi) is the first day of the Bengali calendar, celebrated in both Bangladesh and West Bengal, and in Bengali communities in Assam and Tripura. Pohela Boishakh connects all ethnic Bengalis irrespective of religious and regional differences. It falls on April 14 or April 15 of the Gregorian calendar depending on the use of the new amended or the old Bengali calendar respectively.In India, in West Bengal and Assam it is a public (state) holiday and is publicly celebrated on April 15 every year. In Bangladesh, it is celebrated on April 14 according to the official amended calendar designed by the Bangla Academy. In Bangladesh, Pohela Boishakh is a national holiday and in West Bengal and Assam it is a public (state) holiday.

History:

The Hindu solar calendar based on the Surya Siddhanta commences in mid-April of the Gregorian year. The first day of this calendar is celebrated as the traditional New Year in various parts of South Asia, including Assam, Bengal, Kerala, Manipur, Nepal, Orissa, Punjab, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu and Tripura. It is also celebrated as the traditional New Year across Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand (see Songkran).

Under the Mughals, agricultural taxes were collected according to the Hijri calendar. However, as the Hijri calendar is a purely lunar calendar, it does not coincide with the harvest. As a result, farmers were hard-pressed to pay taxes out of season. In order to streamline tax collection, the Mughal Emperor Akbar ordered a reform of the calendar. Accordingly, Fatehullah Shirazi, a renowned scholar and astronomer, formulated the Bengali year on the basis of the Hijri lunar and Hindu solar calendars. The new Fasli San (agricultural year) was introduced on 10/11 March 1584, but was dated from Akbar's ascension to the throne in 1556. The new year subsequently became known as Bônggabdo or Bengali year.

Celebrations of Pohela Boishakh started from Akbar's reign. It was customary to clear up all dues on the last day of Choitro. On the next day, or the first day of the new year, landlords would entertain their tenants with sweets. On this occasion there used to be fairs and other festivities. In due course the occasion became part of domestic and social life, and turned into a day of merriment. The main event of the day was to open a halkhata or new book of accounts. This was wholly a financial affair. In villages, towns and cities, traders and businessmen closed their old account books and opened new ones. They used to invite their customers to share sweets and renew their business relationship with them. This tradition is still practised, especially by jewellers.

Culture of Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[TOPGUN]

~Happy Baisakhi to all that celerbate it enjoy it ~