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New Crop Festival 2016. Nabanno Utshab. Here in this country of mine, we celebrate many festivals during a year that is related to the religions we individually or collectively practice. Even though, we are a part of the turbulent sub-continent, we Bangladeshis live in a country where communal harmony still exists even though interested quarters try to disturb such harmony from time to time. We consider our country a secular one where major religious groups live together side by side and practice their faiths peacefully too. Readers may kindly refer to my previous blog titled “All Souls Day Celebration”. The Christian Community, especially the Catholic Christians of this land celebrate this festival peacefully every year. We feel proud to say that we respect and participate in each others festivals. What does “Nabanno Utshav” means in English and why it is celebrated by us? “Nabanno” is a Bengali word meaning “Nobo-Onno” . While Nobo in English means “New”, Onno stands for “Rice or Food”. So, literally it can be translated in English as “New Rice or Food”. One can also translate it as “New Crop”. I can’t do better than this! The Bengali word “Utshab” can be safely translated into English as “Festival”. So, Nabanno Utshab in English means “ New Rice or Food Festival” or “New Crop Festival”, or whatever one wants to say! “Nabanno” festival is not a religious festival. It is a festival that used to be celebrated in the past mostly in the rural Bangladesh. Now, those of us who prefer a city life also celebrate this festival. Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist and Christians as well as tribal people participate in Nabanno Utshab. It is a festival of all the communities who are Bangladeshis. Now is the season to harvest new crops from the fields and bring the harvested crops home. As usual the festival was celebrated everywhere with food, dance and music on the first day of Bengali month of Agrahayan in Dhaka, organized by Jatiya Nabanna Utshab Udjapan Parshad (National Harvest Festival committee). Some villages have arranged fair, cultural programs to celebrate Nabanna. However, dates of celebration of Nabanna Festival might have varied from village to village. I take this opportunity to post 10 photos of current year’s Nabanna Utshab for the readers to view here under: Needless to say that none of these pictures were taken by me ! Pictures #4 and #5 shows tribal people participating in the festival. Photo Credits: Mostafigur Rahman, bdnews24.com           |
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Celebrating life!
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I love to know about other so different cultures. This Crop Festival looks interesting, cheerful and amuse, full of color. Thank you Looklook for sharing something interesting to read. Have a great weekend.  Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)
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I love to know about other so different cultures. This Crop Festival looks interesting, cheerful and amuse, full of color. Thank you Looklook for sharing something interesting to read. Have a great weekend. Have a wonderful weekend,Glumo and take care.
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 Thank you my friend for stopping by and for the response. I appreciate.Have a pleasant week, JKH.
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Very colorful and cheerful looking customs. Thank you for sharing them. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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Very colorful and cheerful looking customs. Thank you for sharing them.
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Looklook...I think what you are describing is similar to what we call the Harvest Festival. Even though our Harvest Festival is thanking God for a new harvest. Not nearly as colourful... or as much fun as yours! Thank you for explaining it and for the wonderful pictures.
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Katie..... You are absolutely correct. The festival is almost like your Harvest Festival that I guess is known as "Lammas". Only difference is that the loaf of bread is made from the first wheat flour that is cut and taken to the church for the devotees to eat but here in my country different delicious cakes (we call the cakes Pitha) are made from first Rice flour and are offered to the neighbors and other visitors. Thanks for stopping by and for the informative response. Have a nice weekend.
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Once again, LookLook, you have furnished us with an educational blog and added some stunning photographs. The harvest festivals are something celebrated world-wide, even here in the States when we have Thanksgiving each November. Thanks for the blog. Fossil Have a nice Sunday. Always take car
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