Cultures and colors of Bangladesh are representing the way of life and lifestyle of the Bangladeshi people. It has been made and advanced by the various social groups and religions over the centuries along with covering the diversity of cultures and the colors, which was started from the Bengali Renaissance of the centuries of 19th and 20th and were seeded at the political nationalism of the Indian sub-continent and British period.
Bangladeshi cultures are colored in the long period of time influencing by different religions, such as Islam, Hindu, Buddha and Christian. They are visible in many forms, including dance, music, drama along with festivals and celebrations of religions, folktales and folklore, languages, literature, philosophy and traditional culinary and cuisine.
Some Cultural Celebrations of Bangladesh
The history of Bangladeshi cultures and customs is long and they are allied with the rivers, religions, nature and many more. Celebrations of the cultures and colors of Bangladesh are totally different from other countries and that could not be described properly without Bangladesh tour observing them at your own eyes. Each culture has its own colors and style of celebration.
The most important and largest festival of Bangladesh is celebrated mostly is Pohela Boishakh (The Bengali New Year), Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha, which is the chief fest of major Muslim community. Here Durga puja, Kali puja and other religious festivals and activities are celebrated by the Hindu community. Maghi Purnima and Christmas Day (Boro Din) is the main festival of respectively Buddha and Christian community.
The other cultural celebrations with many types of fairs in Bangladesh are as Pahela Baishakh, Dubla Rash Mela, Shakrain Festival, Lalon Mela, Fair of Ashwin Sankranti, Fair of Ghoshbila, Kothin Chibor Dan Utsab, Langalbandh Fair, Shib Chaturdashi Fair, Gurpukur Fair, Golakandail Fair, Fair of Adinath, Adivasi festival, Paush Parbon, Nobanno, Shakrail/ Ghuri Festival, Pahela Falgun/Bashanta Utshob, Shab-E-Barat.
Right Season to Make Your Bangladesh holidays Joyous
The climate of Bangladesh is the sub-continental tropical and it has divided a year into major 3 large seasons, such as the winter, the summer and the rainy season. Typically, the cool/winter season is the better than any others to visit and discover the points of view of the country. The temperature of this time is at an average of 21°C.
So, the right time to make your Bangladesh tour is the winter season and that’s commonly started from September and last up until March of the year. If you visit in these months, you can avoid various natural disasters like heavy rain, flood or cyclone, which occur during the rainy season.
What to Pack to Travel Bangladesh
You need something warm to wear in the winter season’s mornings and evenings, but it will take off almost all clothes without light ones in the summer and dry season. You need some raincoats and umbrellas at your Bangladesh tour during the rainy season.
Please be noted that, Islam is the major religion of Bangladesh and you should cautious to be moderately dressed, especially when you’re going in the public places.
Right Accommodations of Bangladesh Tour
You must need a right accommodation when you travel to Bangladesh. You will find all types of hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh at the reasonable cost within your budget as well as luxury hotels in Dhaka. The full range and top 4/5 star hotels are situated in Dhaka.
Most of the 1 or 2-star category hotels in Dhaka are in the range of USD 15 to USD 35, 3-star Dhaka hotels cost up to 60 US dollars and 4/5-star hotels cost up to USD 500 per night. The famous hotels in Dhaka, Bangladesh are as Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Ruposhi Bangla Hotel, Westin Dhaka, Radisson Blue Dhaka, Hotel Rajmoni Ishakha, Dhaka Regency, Hotel 71 etc.
Right Way to Book a hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh
It’s nothing difficult to book a hotel Dhaka, Bangladesh through booking.com and other hotel booking sites from the large scale of Dhaka hotels. Not only hotels in Dhaka, but also you can book any hotels in Bangladesh.
Introducing Hotel 71
A hotel of mid-level category and reasonable costs, Hotel 71 is located at the heart of Dhaka city. A huge numbers of travelers are enjoyed and expressed positive reviewed about Hotel 71 for the best hospitalities and services. It allows the tourists to visit most of the attractive spots in Dhaka easily, because famous Lalbagh Forte, Sixty-Dome mosque and the Ahsan Manjil are within 4 km of Hotel 71.
And now, we shall take you to watch a preview of cultures and colors of Bangladesh-
1. Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)
The largest cultural and colorful celebration for the people of Bangladesh is the Bengali New Year, which is called “Pohela Boishakh” in Bengali language. It’s been celebrating on the 14th day of April of the Gregorian calendar year. The colorful festival of Pohela Boishakh is being celebrated from the period of Emperor Akbar. In this public holiday, there are huge celebrations of the day by all sorts of people, such as Muslims, Hindus, Buddha, Christians and all other minorities.
The events of the Pohela Boishakh are open the New Book (Halkhata) by the businessmen for the purpose of the financial affair, home visits to friends, horse races, cockfights, bullfights, boat race etc. The Bengali New Year is celebrated most colorfully with songs, widely sang son is “Esho hey Boishakh, Esho, Esho..” (Oh Boishakh, come, come...), and traditional dances in Dhaka at Ramna Batamul and Chhayanat.
The most other celebrated parts of the Pohela Boishakh are having “Panta Ilish” (overnight water-soaked, boiled-rice with the fry of Hilsha fish) and a gorgeous, colorful processions with many types of historical and legendary items like tigers, owls etc in Dhaka along with all over the country. Most of the participants of the day got dressed with traditional “Shari” for the women and Pajama-Punjabi for the men and children.
2. Eid-ul-fitr and Eid-ul-Azha
The Eid-UL-Fitr and Eid-UL-Azha both are the festivals of the Muslim community and followed by the Arabic lunar calendar. The holy Eid-ul-fitr comes after a long term fasting of the Arabic month named Ramadan with a lot of joy and happiness to the Muslims along with a great occasion of a gathering of all sorts of people at the same ground. It becomes the part of Bengali festival of the cultures and colors of the country over the time passed.
Eid-UL-Azha is also the great festival the Muslims and almost similarly celebrates like the Eid ul-Azha without the single major differences of the Qurbani (sacrificing domestic and Islam legalized animals). The festival is mostly rejoicing with beef and mutton along with some traditional foods, such as Polao, Biriyani, Shemai etc.
3. Durga Puja
The biggest festival of the Hindu community, Durag Puja, is celebrated at the name of Hindu Goddess Durga who holds 10 different arms sculptured s straddling on a lion. At this occasion, the people of the Hindu community buy new dresses as well as many souvenirs. Some places of puja areas arrange fairs, where several types of are sold.
4. Dubla Rash Mela Near Sundarban
The largest fair of the whole Bangladesh, Dubla Rash Mela in the Dubla island of world famous Sundarban, is held in Bagerhat district located in the southern part of the country. It’s the splendid occasion of huge foreign tourists who visit Sundarban can easily travel to Dubla Rash Mela, which is celebrated in the Bengali month of Agrahayan (November or December) each year and continue the fair up to 7 days.
5. Bashanto Utshob
The festival named Bashanto Utshob (Yellow/Spring Fest) is also known as the Pohela Falgun, which is celebrated on 13th of February each year. The day is the first day of the Bengali month Falgun and celebrated by the young ladies with red-bordered yellow shari and beautiful flowers and men dressed with traditional Punjabi and Pajama. A colorful procession comes out with yellow dresses and flowers.
6. Lalon Mela
A prominent, acclaimed philosopher and music artist of Bangladesh is Lalon Shah. His traditional distinctive philosophies are still being sung and researching through out hundreds of songs that he wrote in his lifetime. He knows as the “Baul Samrat” (The Emperor of the Folk songs). Lalon Mela is named for him and conducted on the 1st week of the month of April is organized by his followers in his birth anniversary at the Lalon Akhra in the district of Kushtia.
