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Pohela Falgun

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Pohela Falgun
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Pohela Falgun (Bengali: পহেলা ফাল্গুন or পয়লা ফাল্গুন) is a festival observed on the first day of Spring of the Bengali month of Falgun in Bangladesh.[1] The celebration was started in 1991 by students of Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts.[2] Before 2019, the first of Falgun used to fall on 13 February of the Gregorian Calendar;[3] however, 2020 onward, due to changes to the Bangladeshi calendars, Pohela Falgun is celebrated on 14 February, coinciding with Valentine's Day in the country.[4] On this day, Bengalis are seen to wear traditional clothes consisting of yellow, red, and even shades of orange. Some women also prefer to wear bangles and floral ornaments.

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Woman in red and yellow sari dancing in the Pahela Falgun festival
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Etymology

In Bengali, Pohela stands for 'first' and 'Falgun' is the eleventh month of the Bengali calendar.

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