Bangladeshis fill streets of Dhaka for colourful Bengali New Year procession

Описание: (14 Apr 2025)
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Dhaka, Bangladesh - 14 April 2025
1. Various of procession celebrating Bengali New Year near Dhaka University, escorted by security personnel
2. Various of ethnic groups dancing with musical instruments and clapping, showcasing their traditions
3. Mid of unicycle performance
4. Various of procession marching with different motifs
5. SOUNDBITE (Bangla) Dalia Ashraf Asma, Dhaka resident:
“After the fall of the fascist government, today we saw that 28 ethnic groups participated in our joyous procession. I truly felt delighted by this, because we have genuinely come together—people of all religions and communities—on a single platform. And the dream we have for Bangladesh, we believe that together with everyone, we can move Bangladesh forward.”
6. Wide of Rapid Action Battalion (elite forces) guarding procession
7. Various of mounted parade
8. Wide of procession
9. Mid of group on model horses
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanima Ahmed, Dhaka resident:
“You know it’s nothing about religion, it just about us. Everybody together, Hindus, Muslims, everyone comes together. We wear same dresses. Nobody knows who is who, but all we do is enjoy together. I think this is the best thing that can happen, and this the best tradition and I loved it.”
11. Wide of people displaying embroidered storytelling quilts known as Nakshi Katha
STORYLINE:
Thousands of people in Bangladesh on Monday celebrated the traditional new year, the first day of the Bengali calendar, with colorful processions and cultural festivities.

In the capital, Dhaka, people clad in the traditional red attire ushered in the Bengali new year 1432, joining a procession organized by a prominent art college on the Dhaka University campus.

Similar processions and cultural events were organized in other parts of Dhaka and elsewhere in the country.

Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of 170 million people, has witnessed prolonged political turmoil over the past year, leading to the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who was forced to flee last August after weeks of student-led protests.

An interim government under Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus has since been in power.

Monday’s peaceful processions were heavily guarded by security.

AP video shot by Al Emrun Garjon

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