Baishakhi 2009 organized by Pujari


Baishakhi 2009 organized by Pujari April 11th, 2009 at Berkmar High School, 405 Pleasant Hill Rd. NW, Lilburn, GA 30047 We are pleased to announce that we will be celebrating Baishakhi (Bengali New Year Celebrations) on 11th April 2009 at Berkmar High School. Please mark your calendar. You, your family and friends are cordially invited to grace this festival. Event starts around 3:00 PM and also have a variety of attractions lined up including dinner contact: abose73@gmail.com
“Poila Boishakh” or “Nobo Borsho” marks the first day of the Bengali calendar. It falls on 14th April of the Gregorian calendar. The festival is celebrated both in West Bengal, India as well as Bangladesh as well as Bengali communities all across the globe. It is a day of cultural programmes. The celebration starts right at dawn with “Probhat Pheri” processions where the men dressed in “Dhuti Punjabi” (Dhoti Kurta) and women dressed in white Sarees with red border singing and dancing welcoming the new year. Elaborate rangolis or alponas are painted in front of the house by womenfolk with it’s center adorned by an earthen pot filled with holy water and mango leaves to symbolize a prosperous new year for the family. For traders and businessmen it is beginning of the accounting year and they buy new accounting books called “Halkhata”. “Misti” (sweets) are offered to their customers luring them to bring in more business in the New Year. Every year Pujari of Atlanta celebrates “Poila Boishakh” and this year also they are going to celebrate the festival with a spectacular line up of cultural program and ending the day with sumptuous dinner of mouth watering Bengali dishes. The event starts at 3:00 PM EST on 11th April, 2009 at Berkmar High School. The special attraction of the evening is Bengali songs by Aparna Chankravarty, a second generation Indian of Bengali descent trained under Manjit Kaur, a disciple of Ustad Munawar Ali Khan son of Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan. Pujari cordially invites everyone to join them to celebrate the beginning of the Bengali year 1416. For more information please visit www.pujari.org.