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Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Bengali_New_Year_(Pohela_Boishakh)
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:festival
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Pohela_Boishakh
gptkbp:calendar
gptkb:Bengali_calendar
gptkbp:celebratedIn
gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Tripura
gptkb:West_Bengal
gptkb:Bengali_people
gptkbp:customs
gptkb:Mangal_Shobhajatra
cultural programs
wearing traditional clothes
eating traditional food
businesses open new ledgers (Haal Khata)
visiting fairs
gptkbp:date
14 April
15 April
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh)
gptkbp:introduced
gptkb:Mughal_Emperor_Akbar
gptkbp:introducedIn
1584
gptkbp:marking
first day of Bengali calendar
gptkbp:observedBy
gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hindus
gptkb:Muslims
gptkbp:publicHolidayIn
gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Tripura
gptkb:West_Bengal
gptkb:Assam_(Barak_Valley)
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Songkran
gptkb:Bohag_Bihu
gptkb:Puthandu
gptkb:Vishu
gptkb:Vaisakhi
gptkbp:significance
beginning of new year
gptkbp:symbol
red and white colors
Panta Ilish (traditional food)
Alpona (rangoli)
gptkbp:UNESCOElement
gptkb:Mangal_Shobhajatra
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
gptkb:Mangal_Shobhajatra
2016
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Bengal_(present-day_India)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
8