angryasiangirlsunited:Bangla New Year or Pohela Boishakh connects all Ethnic Bengalis ir
angryasiangirlsunited: Bangla New Year or Pohela Boishakh connects all Ethnic Bengalis irrespective of religious and regional differences. Ethnic Bengalis across the world and from all walks of life unite to celebrate the Public or Universal Festival of Bengalis i.e. Pohela Boishakh; it’s the occasion to welcome the New-Year with a new hope of peace, prosperity and goodwill. Poyela Boishakh generally falls on 14thor 15th of April of the Georgian calendar. In Bangladesh, it is a national holiday celebrated around14th April according to the official amended calendar designed by the Bangla Academy. In India, in Indian/West Bengal &Assam it is a public (state) holiday and is publicly celebrated on 15th of April -- source link