Bengali festival
Poila Boishakh — পয়লা বৈশাখ
pôyla bôishakh
April 14–15 · Bengali New Year
Poila Boishakh is the Bengali New Year. Shops do a halkhata (new account book) ritual and feed customers sweets. Families wear new clothes and feast on traditional Bengali fare.
Greetings in Bengali
শুভ নববর্ষ
shubho nôbobôrṣô
"Happy New Year!"
universal
শুভ পয়লা বৈশাখ
shubho pôyla bôishakh
"Happy Poila Boishakh"
specific
Customs & traditions
- ✦Halkhata — opening new ledgers at shops
- ✦New clothes
- ✦Traditional Bengali thali meals
Traditional foods
ইলিশ মাছ
iliś mach
Hilsa fish — the festival staple
শুক্তো
śukto
Mildly bitter Bengali starter
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