POHELA BOISHAKH

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Context: Festival of happiness and joy, Pohela Baisakh or Poila Baisakh is celebrated in West Bengal.

About Pohela Baisakh:

In Bengali, the word Pohela means first and Baisakh signifies the new month. Therefore, according to Bengali calendar Baisakh is the first month.
For Bengalis, Pohela Boishakh is a significant celebration since it symbolises the start of a new fiscal year.
Bengalis meet and greet families, and wear new clothes and eat traditional food on Pohela Baisakh.
Children as well as adults perform on Rabindra Sangeet and sing songs in cultural events.
On this day, people wish each other by saying ‘Shubho Nobo Borsho‘, wherein ‘Shubho’ means happy, ‘Nobo’ means new and ‘Barsho’ means year.
Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha is especially worshipped on this day.

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