Spring in the air

With blossoms of flowers and new leaves in trees, nature is getting fresh and colourful shapes that touch the hearts and minds of all ages of people as spring (Pahele Falgun) is knocking at the door.

Pahela Falgun, the first day of the spring of the Bengali month Falgun, will be celebrated on Wednesday by offering flowers, reciting poems, singing songs, and performing dances.

It brings joy and colour both in nature and in life.

The winter season has come to a close with the rising temperature as the people are set to welcome Pahela Falgun, embracing the fragrance of nature and exchanging love with their beloved ones.

The spring has been depicted as the king of all seasons in poetry, for it is featured by the extraordinary beauty of nature.

After the dryness of winter, new leaves start to come out again, and nature adorns the branches with new colourful flowers like Shimul, Polash, and Marigold, bringing the news of spring.

Everything in nature gives the impression of youthfulness or freshness, as if nature is taking a new birth. Colourful flowers, the melody of birds, or a mild touch of sunshine - everything makes you feel that springtime is nature’s festival.

The festival-loving Bangladeshi people welcome and celebrate this day with great joy and love, and in a colourful manner. The blazing red and yellow are the representative colours of Pohela Falgun.

Bangalees embellish themselves with these two primary colours. Girls are dressed in “bashonti” (yellow or orange-coloured) sarees and wear floral ornaments, while boys wear colourful panjabis to welcome the arrival of spring.

Bakultola of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University (DU) is the centre point of the festival.

Thousands of young men and women gather in the morning and celebrate the day singing songs, reciting poems, and dancing.

The entire DU campus and the Amar Ekushey Book Fair premises become the best places to hang out with friends, family members, and beloved ones.

Pahela Falgun brings joys, colours and hopes not only in nature but also in the lives and minds of people of all ages.

Jatiya Basanta Utsab Udjapan Parishad has been arranging the main programmes of the day for over two decades.

Marking the day, this year too, the parishad has chalked out different programmes, including songs and recitations of poems, at the Bakultala of Fine Arts Faculty from dawn on.