Spring Festival

Bangladeshi artists perform during Spring Festival 2010 in Dhaka

Bangladesh is often called the 'Land of Festivals'. There are hundreds of relgious and cultural festivals round the year. Bosonto Utsob (Spring Festival) is celebrated on Pohela Falgun (1st Day of Bengali month Falgun) which falls 13 February every year.
Comprised with two months of Bengali calender Falgun and Chaittra the sixth and last Bengali season Bosonto (Spring) is considered as the King of all seasons in Bangladesh. It stays from 13 February to 13 April. 

Bangladeshi people celebrate the day with fanfare and merriment as a part of  their culture.
This festival is to welcome the Spring season when the nature gets new and most beautiful look after windy and dry winter season. Some yellow flowers bloom duirng this season and young people mark the youthful festival wearing yellow-colored dresses.

Students from various universities oraganize special programs to celebrate the festival. Fine Arts Institute of Dhaka University arrange a granduer celebration under a huge tree of Bokul flower (Spanish Cherry) where popular singers and dancers perform. Women wear yellow Sari (tradtional dress for women) and men wear yellow Panjabi (traditional long shirt for men) to add more color to the festival.