Pohela Falgun (Bengali: পহেলা ফাল্গুন), or Poyla Falgun (পয়লা ফাল্গুন), is a festival observed on the first day of Spring of the Bengali month of Falgun in Bangladesh.
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Pohela Falgun (Bengali: পহেলা ফাল্গুন), or Poyla Falgun (পয়লা ফাল্গুন), is a festival observed on the first day of Spring of the Bengali month of Falgun in Bangladesh.
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
Bangladesh
Written in its own script on record as পহেলা ফাল্গুন.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources
Every claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapter Takeaways
EtymologyIn Bengali, Pohela stands for 'first' and 'Falgun' is the eleventh month of the Bengali calendar.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Pohela Falgun in plain words?
Pohela Falgun (Bengali: পহেলা ফাল্গুন), or Poyla Falgun (পয়লা ফাল্গুন), is a festival observed on the first day of Spring of the Bengali month of Falgun in Bangladesh. In local script on record, it is written পহেলা ফাল্গুন.
Where is Pohela Falgun practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Pohela Falgun in Bangladesh.
What is the current condition of Pohela Falgun today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
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Pohela Falgun (Bengali: পহেলা ফাল্গুন), or Poyla Falgun (পয়লা ফাল্গুন), is a festival observed on the first day of Spring of the Bengali month of Falgun in Bangladesh.
The celebration was started in 1991 by students of Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts. Before 2019, the first day of Falgun fell on 13 February in the Gregorian calendar; however, from 2020 onward, due to revisions to the Bangladeshi calendar, Pohela Falgun has been celebrated on 14 February, coinciding with Valentine's Day in the country.
The National Spring Celebration Council is responsible for organizing the event. The celebration starts with chorus of traditional Bangladeshi music in the morning. On this day, people are seen to wear colourful traditional clothes such as sari and punjabi. Some young women also prefer to wear bangles, teeps and floral ornaments. 1
Etymology
In Bengali, Pohela stands for 'first' and 'Falgun' is the eleventh month of the Bengali calendar. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Pohela Falgun”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Pohela Falgun is festival day celebrated in Bangladesh, West Bengal, and in the other Indian states, 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
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2