Santal men and women in the Baha Festival

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বাহা পরবে সাঁওতাল নারী-পুরুষ

গাইবান্ধার গোবিন্দগঞ্জের সাঁওতাল সম্প্রদায়ের নারী-পুরুষ নিজস্ব ঐতিহ্যে নাচ-গানে বরণ করলেন ঋতুরাজ বসন্তকে। শনিবার (১১ মার্চ) গোবিন্দগঞ্জের সাঁওতাল পল্লীতে বাহা পরবে মেতে ওঠা সাঁওতাল নারী-পুরুষ। 'সাঁওতালের ভাষা-সংস্কৃতি-ঐতিহ্য রক্ষায় চাই, রাষ্ট্রীয় ও সামাজিক উদ্যোগ' এই...

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Santal men and women in the Baha Festival
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Published: 12 March 2023, 22:24

বাহা পরবে সাঁওতাল নারী-পুরুষ

গাইবান্ধার গোবিন্দগঞ্জের সাঁওতাল সম্প্রদায়ের নারী-পুরুষ নিজস্ব ঐতিহ্যে নাচ-গানে বরণ করলেন ঋতুরাজ বসন্তকে। শনিবার (১১ মার্চ) গোবিন্দগঞ্জের সাঁওতাল পল্লীতে বাহা পরবে মেতে ওঠা সাঁওতাল নারী-পুরুষ। 'সাঁওতালের ভাষা-সংস্কৃতি-ঐতিহ্য রক্ষায় চাই, রাষ্ট্রীয় ও সামাজিক উদ্যোগ' এই...

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Men and women of Santal community of Gaibandhar Gobindganj welcomed Rituraj Basant with dance and song in their own traditional way.

On Saturday (March 11), Santal men and women took bath in the Santal village of Gobindganj. Under the slogan 'We want to protect the language-culture heritage of Santal', Santhals celebrated Baha Festival or Basant Utsav at Bujrukbera Adivasi Private Primary School premises adjacent to Adampur Mission of Katabari Union of Upazila organized by the Public Initiative Gaibandha in collaboration with British High Commission, Foundation for Humans and IED.

 

[El Sidd]

What does Adivasi mean?

 

[Shorisrip]

What does Adivasi mean?

"Old inhabitants". But, this is an incorrect term for Santhals, as is for some other groups in Bangladesh described as such. They were settled by the British from the Santhal Parganas (currently in Jharkhand) after the Great Bengal Famine of 1770 to increase tax revenue. North Bengal and Rarh (southern part of West Bengal) were the most hard hit in terms of population loss and that was their primary area of settlement.

 

[El Sidd]

"Old inhabitants". But, this is an incorrect term for Santhals, as is for some other groups in Bangladesh described as such. They were settled by the British from the Santhal Parganas (currently in Jharkhand) after the Great Bengal Famine of 1770 to increase tax revenue. North Bengal and Rarh (southern part of West Bengal) were the most hard hit in terms of population loss and that was their primary area of settlement.

Why can't they update the definition? Instead of 1770, they should use 1970.