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| Face paints in seal versions |
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| All kinds of ladies attractions are seen in bangles and trinkets, in all shapes and colours. |
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| Red and White, celebration colours of young and old |
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| Dry Food, peanuts to munchies from vendors to full lunch meals are found all around. |
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Mouth-watering green guavas and mangoes, tossed in salt and spices are simply a bliss to beat the heat. |
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| So are the green coconuts served as fresh drinks!! |
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| Prompt security always at hand to take care of the free crowd |
This is a tiny, miniature reflection of the greatest Bangla festival, welcoming the Bangla New Year 1420, today, first of Baishak, the first month of the Bangla calender year. At the peak heat of the summer, Bangalees celebrate the overnight eve and the day long new year with festivities, food varieties, festoons, games for children to adults, colours with paints and brushes in action for the entire last month, for this single day's event, the biggest and the most spontaneous of all Bangalee events. After the night celebrations of the last day of Chaitra, the hottest last Bangla calender month to stepping into Baishak, the hot summer month and the first month of the Bangla calender. The opening begins with early morning open air musical soirees in every nook and corner of the capital city particularly in the parks and by the lakes and also seen all over the country, institutionally and otherwise. The celebrations arise from folk history as the new year began with the collection of taxes and closure of the year's accounts from our rich agricultural heritage. So, the city people today enjoy in festive mood, the rural food and fun games and colours in art and attire, joining family and friends for celebrations of complete happiness and joy as one steps into the new year for another year of hard work and wiping out all negative forces and spirits of the past year and moving forward towards the new. Also, it is amazing to note is that the summer big-tree-blossoms are just ready too, blooming in their fresh bright colours of red, yellow pink and purple, welcoming the New Year, and people from all walks join the crowds, amidst traffic jams using whatever means of transports available, some even walking the miles. 
