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Pohela Falgun
The first day of spring in Bangladesh, kept in yellow and orange sarees with garlands of marigold.
What is worn for Pohela Falgun
Pohela Falgun is the first day of the Bengali month of Falgun, and of spring, kept on 13 February in Bangladesh. In Dhaka the day is celebrated at the university and in parks, and flower sellers make good business. Young women wear yellow or orange sarees, called basanti, the colour of mustard flowers and spring, with garlands or crowns of marigold, and men wear a panjabi in yellow or white. Cotton, tant and Dhakai weaves are popular, in the warm weather of the month. Bands play, people sing songs of the season and the day is spent out of doors. It became popular in Dhaka in the 1990s, and it is a day for friends in the open air rather than a rite at home or temple.
The sarees
Written by the EveryPallu desk with AI assistance. Background: "Pohela Falgun" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tant sari: Billjones94, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Jamdani: Salim_Khandoker, CC0, source