Celebrating the new year in Nepal and Bangladesh
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Festivities began this week in Bangladesh and Nepal as both countries celebrated their own new years. The Bengali calendar is solar, with the year beginning on Pohela Boishakh which this year falls on April 14, while in Nepal, the new year 'Sindoor Jatra' was celebrated to welcome the advent of spring. - Text and photos by Agencies
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Apr 14, 2012 07:52pm
Nice photographs but the description do not match pictures................
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Apr 16, 2012 01:48pm
well said :)
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Apr 14, 2012 10:17pm
best wishes for the new year,
frans
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Apr 14, 2012 10:23pm
best wishes, nature is stonger than us and respect it, br/frans
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Apr 15, 2012 12:29am
wishes best of life
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Apr 15, 2012 01:31am
The descriptions match perfectly. The vibrant Bengali culture was what Pakistan tried to suppress with brute force in 1971, and now Bangladesh has overtaken Pakistan.
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Apr 15, 2012 02:42pm
you ignorance never know about culture in islam. study well and pracice please. Alllah has tell in the quran that he created human in different culture in different race. so wht is wrong about the culture of individuale that does not contrast with relegion. Wish Allah will guide you and all of us in the right path insallah
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Apr 15, 2012 07:39am
In Pakistan too Baisakhi is the New yr.But Muslims preffer the Arabic culture ,calander and character over the 5000 yrs old scientific ,time tested democratic all accepting democratic, Humanism.
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