Shakrain: The Festival of Flying Kites and Communal Harmony

Bangladesh is famous for different types of festivals throughout the year. It is the dwelling of different religious and cultural people, so every people residing in the country can easily enjoy their festival or ritual by their community people and also people other than their community.

Mar 23, 2021
 



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Bangladesh is famous for different types of festivals throughout the year. It is the dwelling of different religious and cultural people, so every people residing in the country can easily enjoy their festival or ritual by their community people and also people other than their community. Among them, some of the widely popular festivals that take place are in Dhaka.  One of the enthusiastic festivals among the people of Dhaka is the Shakrain. The meaning of the Shakrain festival is the kite or ghoori festival. This is an annual festival and it is mainly concerned with the flying of kites. This festival is mainly celebrated at the last of the ninth month of the Bengali calendar. The mentioned month is Poush and the program is known as Poush Sankranti, which means the ending of Poush month. According to the Gregorian calendar, the date is around 14 or 15 of January month. This festival holds the history of a very long time it signifies the love friendship and unity of the people living in the society. As Dhaka city is divided into two parts, mostly the program is arranged and celebrated in the southern part of the City. The rooftop of the buildings is highly decorated with different types of colorful lights, arrangement for music system is done.


Different types of colorful kites are flown throughout the whole day and kite fighting can be also observed in this area.  The main motive is to cut the kite of other people by one's kite. From the young people to the old ones, everyone is seen to be taking participating in the festival with much enthusiasm and happiness. The beautiful kites are made by young people with different types of shapes and sizes; it takes special effort to make a wide variety of Kite's. After the day-long kite fights and flying of the kites, the firecrackers, and fire show light of the sky of the old Dhaka. The large numbers of arrangements for the firecrackers show. The firecracker moves straight into the sky and creates a flare which is very much pleasant to watch. The eye-catching fire shows music and dance is also another part of the enjoyment of this festival. The program is proven to be bonding are a huge number of people in the area and it is also observed that many people visit this area from outside just to enjoy the program and mix up with the welcoming ambiance. This day is very much special for people of any age but the young people are seen to be much eagerly waiting for this day to enjoy the best time flying kites, fire cracking, singing and dancing.

Writer: Sakibul Hasan Information Credit: Wikipedia


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