Shubho Bangla Noboborsho 1427 or Happy New Year Everyone.
Pahela Baishakh or Bangla Noboborsho, is the first day of Bengali Calendar.

It is celebrated on 14 April as a national holiday in Bangladesh, and on 14 or 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Northern Odisha and parts of Assam by people of Bengali heritage, irrespective of their religious faith.

The festival date is set according to the lunisolar Bengali calendar as the first day of its first month Boishakh. It therefore almost always falls on or about 14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar.

traditional greeting for Bengali New Year is “Shubho Noboborsho" which means "Happy New Year". The festive Mangal Shobhajatra is organized in Bangladesh. Where the Gregorian new year starts at 12.00 AM, Bengali New Year starts With the sunrise.

Traditionally, businesses start this day with a new ledger, clearing out the old. Singers perform traditional songs welcoming the new year. People wear festive dress with women dressing their hair with flowers. White red colour combinations are particularly popular.

People prepares and enjoy varieties of traditional festive foods on Pohela Boishakh. These include panta bhat (watered rice), ilish bhaji (fried hilsa fish) and lots of special bhartas (pastes).[END OF THREAD]