Monday, March 23, 2020

Letter describing observance of Pahela Baishakh

Letter describing observance of Pahela Baishakh

November, 30 20__
Farjana Rahman
Ibrahimpur
Mirpur-14 Dhaka-1206

My dear Rezoana,
At the beginning of the letter, take my cordial love. Hope you are hale and hearty by the grace of Almighty. I am also well by His grace. Recently, we have celebrated Pahela Baishakh, the Bangla New Year’s Day at our school premises in a befitting [উপযুক্ত] manner. The day is a symbol of our Bangla culture It is celebrated with traditional festivities all over the country. The day is a public holiday. On this day early in the morning people of all ages and religions assemble at a particular place wearing traditional dress and welcome the Bangla New Year through songs and music. We, the students and the teachers also went to our campus wearing traditional dress and sang song in chorus welcoming the new year. Then artists sang folk song and bawool songs. People enjoy batasha (cake of molasses) and Khoi (parched rice). I ate panta- Illish with great pleasure. People wear new clothes in the morning and go to various places like public squares. It is a special day to be remembered. That is all for today.

No more today. More when we shall meet. And write to me whenever you have time.

With love and good wishes,
Farjana

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