Pohela Boishakh
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Pohela Boishakh is the Bengali New Year festival, celebrated with colorful cultural events, processions, and traditional foods across Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Poila Boishakh | 2 |
| Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh) | 1 |
| Pahela Baishakh | 1 |
| পহেলা বৈশাখ | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali New Year
ⓘ
New Year celebration ⓘ cultural festival ⓘ festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Pohela Boishakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Pahela Baishakh
Pohela Boishakh ⓘ
surface form:
Poila Boishakh
|
| associatedWithArtForm | Mangal Shobhajatra procession ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Bengali culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguage |
Bengali
ⓘ
surface form:
Bengali language
|
| associatedWithOrganization | Chhayanaut ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Bengali calendar ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
Assam
ⓘ
surface form:
Assam (Barak Valley)
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
Tripura ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| countryLevelStatus | national festival of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| dayOfMonth | 1 ⓘ |
| economicSignificance | important for Bengali businesses ⓘ |
| featuresActivity |
cultural processions
ⓘ
fairs and melas ⓘ music performances ⓘ opening new account books (Haal Khata) ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ visiting family and friends ⓘ wearing traditional clothes ⓘ |
| featuresFood |
ilish (hilsa fish)
ⓘ
panta bhat ⓘ sweets and mishti ⓘ various pithas ⓘ |
| hasMajorEventAt |
Chittagong
ⓘ
surface form:
Chattogram
University of Dhaka ⓘ
surface form:
Dhaka University area
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
Ramna Park, Dhaka ⓘ |
| hasNameInBengali |
Pohela Boishakh
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
পহেলা বৈশাখ
|
| marksBeginningOf | Bengali calendar year ⓘ |
| monthOfBengaliCalendar | Boishakh ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Bengali people
ⓘ
surface form:
Bengalis
Buddhists in Bengal region ⓘ Christians in Bengal region ⓘ Hindus in Bengal region ⓘ Muslims in Bengal region ⓘ |
| religiousNature | largely secular ⓘ |
| season | spring–summer transition in Bengal ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cultural unity
ⓘ
harvest and agrarian traditions ⓘ new beginning ⓘ |
| typicalGregorianDate |
14 April
ⓘ
15 April ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | Mangal Shobhajatra inscribed as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pahela Baishakh
this entity surface form:
Poila Boishakh
this entity surface form:
Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh)
subject surface form:
West Bengal
this entity surface form:
Poila Boishakh
this entity surface form:
পহেলা বৈশাখ