Mezban (Bengali: মেজবান), locally known as Mejjan (Chittagonian: মেজ্জান) is a popular festival held in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Historically Mezban is a traditional regional Bengali feast and nowadays refers to both the regional tradition and the feast that results in common usage. The famous Mezbani meal consisting of steamed white rice and hot beef, usually along with other dishes like 'chonar daal' or curry of mung bean and beef fat chunks, 'nolar kanzi' or beef bone marrow soup, and the kala bhuna or dried beef with onions. 1
Etymology and history
Another name for the festival is Mejjan. The word "Mezban" is ultimately of Persian origin and means host. 1
Cooking techniques
Traditionally Mezban is a beef-dominated meal. Proper Mezban meat demands a certain skill. It uses every kind of meat from a cow, like bones, fats, liver etc. 1
Celebrations
Since the late 1960s, Mezbani has been celebrated. 1
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Mezban is Mezban a social festival of the Chittagong region, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
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