Bangladesh
Baisabi Baisabi festival: Hill residents pray for peaceful coexistence
Dhaka, April 13: Baisabi, the biggest social event of the hill tribes, has started by floating flowers in the water of Kaptai Lake in Rangamati. The festival has got back its traditional form by overcoming the obstacles of coronavirus.
On Tuesday (April 12) morning, flowers were floated in the water and prayers were offered to Goddess Ganga to wish her a Happy New Year. As soon as the sun rises, flowers are floated in the water at various places of the city including Rajbarighat, Polwell Park, Kerani Pahar on the occasion of Phulbiju.
On the first day of the festival, Chakma, Tripura and Marmara collect flowers and neem leaves from the forest and float these sacred flowers in the water, hence it is called Flower Biju. Floating flowers in the water, he prayed to Goddess Ganga for deliverance from the world epidemic. Besides, the people of the hills light up the light of the possibility of a new day by floating flowers and the sorrows and pains of the old years.
Palatina Chakma floating flowers in the lake water at Polwell Park said it is a traditional social festival of the hill people. Due to Corona, the festival has not been like that for the last two years. This time we are celebrating the flower floating festival in a very pleasant atmosphere. I am praying to Ganga Devi that the world be liberated from Corona. May we celebrate the festival as beautifully as before next year.
Rita Tripura said, I have collected flowers in the morning and decorated the house and now I have come to float flowers. I floated the sorrows of the old year by floating flowers and may the new year be much more beautiful. I wish that all evil should be removed from the world along with Corona.
The Deputy Commissioner of Rangamati expressed his happiness by attending the flower floating festival and said, "I am really overwhelmed to see so many colors and so much excitement. Due to Corona, there was no event for two years."
But this year the wave of people has touched our hearts. This festival has united us all. He greeted all the people living in the hills on the occasion of Vaisabi.
Biju, Sangrai, Baisu, Bishu, Bihu, Sankran celebration committee member secretary Intu Moni Talukder said there was no formality due to Corona in the last two years. But this year the Vaisabi festival has got back to its traditional form. Our only wish on this flower day is that in the days to come, all the hill Bengalis can live happily and peacefully together.
