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Pre-Boisabi celebration begins

Star Country Desk
Indigenous people of Khagrachhari and Rangamati have started preparing for the three-day Boisabi festival beginning April 12, by arranging colourful programmes.
Different institutions and organisations are holding programmes ahead of Biju festival in Khagrachhari, while the 4th Chattogram Hill Tracts film festival began yesterday in Rangamati.
The Boisabi is celebrated by the Tripura community as Boisu, by the Marma community as Sangrai and by the Chakma community as Biju. The term Boisabi is derived from the initials of these three names.
Kudra Nrigosti Sangskritik Institute Khagrachhari inaugurated a three-day programme at its office premises on Sunday evening to celebrate 'Boi-Sa-Bi' festival. Traditional 'Bain' weaving, sports, indigenous dramas and cultural events will be held during the programme.
In addition, Khagrachhari Hill District Council will organise a colourful grand procession and traditional dancecompetitiononApril 12.
Apart from government organisations, many programmes are being organised in different tribal villages and clubs. Traditional sports, dramas, and cultural events have been organised for the occasion.
The three-day 'Boi-Sa-Bi' festival will start
on April 12. On this day, blessings are sought for all the people by floating flowers on the river. On the second day, guests are welcomed in every house On the third day, people will welcome guests and bathe old men and women in the river to get their blessings.
The Marma community follows the Burmese calendar. For this reason, Marma community festivals begin a day later.
The 4th Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) film festival began yesterday in Rangamati before the Biju festival. The three-day festival has been organised by Heejek Film, an organisation of CHT filmmakers, with the title “My Cinema, My Language." The festival will continue till April 11.
Supported by World Theater Project, Borgang and Mizel-Hozal organised the programme that was inaugurated at the Rangamati Cultural Institute in the afternoon.
CHT cultural activists, poets, writers and representatives of civil society were present at the programme.
Adit Dewan, co-founder of Heejek Film, said they invited CHT filmmakers at the festival to display their genius through filmmaking.
"In CHT, most of the filmmakers cannot show their work due to lack of opportunities. So we arranged this programme for them," he said.
Our Khagrachhari and Rangamati correspondents contributed to this report.