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Crowds celebrate Bengali new year in Bangladesh

(14 Apr 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Dhaka - 14 April 2023 1. Various of people taking part in procession to celebrate Bengali New Year 2. Various of police and security forces during procession 3. Wide of procession 4. Various of people dancing while drums are playing 5. Various of people gathered at art college on the Dhaka University campus 6. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Shithi Salma Khan, businesswomen: “We want to start the new year beautifully, with truly good wishes. This is what new year means to me.” 7. Girl sitting on father’s shoulder watching the new year procession 8. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Shithi Salma Khan, businesswomen: “There is division in other festivals. But there is no division in this festival. Everybody is equal here because we are all Bengali.” 9. Various of cultural organisation, Chhayanaut, performing in Ramna Park 10. Wide of people watching performance STORYLINE: Thousands of people in Bangladesh on Friday ushered in the Bengali new year with colourful processions and musical soirees. In the capital, Dhaka, crowds of people took part in a procession organized by a prominent art college on the Dhaka University campus to welcome the Bengali year 1430. Meanwhile, others enjoyed a musical event in Ramna Park, a historic place in downtown Dhaka. The Bengali calendar emerged under the 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar by combining Islamic and solar Hindu calendars to facilitate land tax collection. “We want to start a new year beautifully with truly good wishes,” said Shithi Salma Khan, a businesswoman who was taking part in a procession in Dhaka. “There is division in other festivals. But there is no division in this festival. Everybody is equal here because we are all Bengali,” she added. Friday’s processions were heavily guarded by security. AP video shot by: Al Emrun Garjon =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...