List of festivals in Bangladesh

This is a list of festivals in Bangladesh.

National observances

• Language Movement Day - (International Mother Language Day); Colours worn:
• Genocide Remembrance Day; Colours worn:
• Independence Day; Colours worn:
• July Mass Uprising Day
• Armed Forces Day
• Martyred Intellectuals Day; Colours worn:
• Victory Day; Colours worn:

Religious observances

Muslim

• Eid ul-Fitr () - on the 1st day of Shawwal month of the lunar Islamic calendar.
• Eid ul-Adha ()- on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah month of the Islamic calendar.
• Chaand Raat ()- on the 29th or 30th night of Ramadan month of the Islamic calendar.
• Ashura ()- on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
• Eid-e-Meeladun Nabi ()– The Birth of the Prophet Muhammad
• Shab-e-Qadr ()
• Shab-e-Barat ()
• Bishwa Ijtema()

Hindu

• Durga Puja - from the 2nd to the 7th day of Ashwin month of the Hindu calendar.
• Krishna Janmashtami - celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna
• Dolyatra
• Ratha Yatra, the most popular being Dhamrai Rathayatra.
• Kali Puja in Diwali
• Saraswati Puja
• Ashtami Snan on Chaitra Shukla Paksha Ashtami (ninth day during the waxing phase of moon in Chaitra Month) as per Hindu Lunar Calendar

Buddhist

• Buddha Purnima - Buddha's Birthday
• Madhu Purnima
• Kathin Chibardan - offering of woven robe made of cotton to monks and nuns.

Christian

• Boro Din or Christmas - on 25 December of the Gregorian calendar.
• Easter Sunday

Cultural observances

General

• Rokeya Day
• Rabindra Jayanti
• Nazrul Jayanti

Music

• Dhaka World Music Festival (music)
• Bengal Classical Music Festival
• International Folk Festival

Folk

• Pahela Baishakh - on the 1st day of the Bengali calendar and summer festival; also called Bangla Noboborsho; Colours worn:
• Spring festival also known as Pohela Falgun; Colours worn:
• Nabanna - Winter and harvest festival; Colours worn:
• Borsha Utshob - Monsoon festival; Colours worn:
• Nouka Baich - Boat racing festivals held after the monsoon when rivers are filled

Others

• Bengal Original Culture Festival
• Cinemaking International Film Festival
• Dhaka Festival
• Dhaka Art Summit
• Hay Festival Dhaka
• Dhaka Fashion Week
• Dhaka International Film Festival
• Chobi Mela International Photography Festival
• CRACK International Art Camp
• International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh
• Bioscope Children's Photography Festival
• Latin Dance Festival
• Liberation Docfest Bangladesh
• Hill Film Festival

Fairs

• Ekushey Book Fair - in Dhaka on the month of February of the Gregorian calendar.
• Dhaka International Trade Fair
• National Tree Fair - Month-long National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair.
• National Fisheries Week and Fish Fair - Week-long National Fiash Trade and Fair.

Local events

• Shakrain — in Dhaka at the end of the Poush of the Bengali calendar.
• Jatiya Pitha Utsab — National Pitha Festival.
• Charak — 3-day-long festival in Pabna starting on the last day of the Bangla month of Chaitra.
• Nouka Baich
• Bisu Mela

See also

• Public holidays in Bangladesh

References