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Monsoon arrives

Cultural organisations celebrate first day of rainy season

Mainul Hassan
Cultural organisations celebrate first day of rainy season
Of the Bengali seasons. Monsoon has a special appeal. Yesterday was 'Pahela Ashadh' (first day of the monsoon season in Bengali calendar). Though city dwellers have been experiencing occasional downpour for the last few days, with die official arrival of the season, the wait was finally over.
Through cultural programmes — recitation, dance and songs -- city dwellers welcomed monsoon yesterday in a fitting manner. Throughout the city, cultural organisations held special programmes to mark the occasion.
Udichi Shilpi Gosthi. Dhaka Mahanagar Shangshad welcomed the season with a colourful programme at the Faculty’ of Fine Arts (FFA), Dhaka University premises.
"After two excruciating months of scorching heat, monsoon comes with a message of hope, brining joy and replenishing ever)' thirsty soul,” said Kazi Madina, president. Udichi Dhaka Mahanagar Shangshad.
“This is the season when nature demonstrates abundance, and farmers get busy. It’s just natural that people appreciate the arrival of monsoon and welcome it with songs, dances and more.” added Madina.
This was the fourth ’Borsha Utshab’ by Udichi in the city. The organisation has been holding the event since 2006.
Since early morning, people figU^l >u< i -I ' broken with a Dhrup;
by Swapan Kumar Bishwas, as 'Borsha Utshab 1416'kicked off.
Next Mita Haque performed a Tagore song followed by Khairul Anam Shakil w’ho performed a Nazrul and Nazrul, modern and folk songs, and some dance performances.
Solo performances were staged by Kalpana Anam, Jannatul Ferdous Lucky, Lina Taposhi, Chhaya Karmakar, Chandana Majumder, Mahadev Ghosh, Mahmud Selim, Altaf Hossain and others.
Artistes of Rabirashmi, Dhrubotaan and Udichi staged group performances.
Mahidul Islam, Belayet Hossain and Jharna Sharkar recited poems at the event.
Lively dance performances staged by Nrityam, Nritya Nandan and Nrityalok added further shades of joy to the programme.
The event concluded with a rendition of the National Anthem. 'Barsha Utshab 1416' was aired live on Banglavision.
Another programme celebrating the day, also titled 'Barsha Utshob 1416,’ was held at Hakim Chattar, adjacent to FFA. The event was organised by
Satyen Sen Shilpi Shangstha (SSSS).
The event featured performances by artistes Ferdous Ara, Lily Islam, Shama Rahman, Aditi Mohsin, Kalpana Anam, Rupu Khan, Salma Akbar, Salahuddin Ahmed and others.
Group performances were staged by Satyen Sen Shilpi Shangstha, Dhubotan, Bonhishikha and Surshaptak.
The event also included a discus-iffiS/^M-M S Arefjn ^iqqp^vice-j cljanccllor, DU was theebiefjguest. Dr! Hayat Mamud presided over the session. Golam Kuddus, general secretary, Shammilito Shangskritik Jote; Shamsuzzaman Khan, director gen-
eral, Bangla Academy and Manzarul
photo mumit m is]am Chowdhury, general secretary,
SSSS also spoke at the event.
The event was aired live on Channel .