Pohela Boishakh
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Pohela Boishakh is the Bengali New Year festival, celebrated with colorful cultural events, processions, and traditional foods across Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pohela Boishakh canonical | 9 |
| Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh) | 2 |
| Pahela Baishakh | 2 |
| Poila Boishakh | 2 |
| Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year) | 1 |
| পহেলা বৈশাখ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T236817 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pohela Boishakh Context triple: [Bengal, traditionalFestival, Pohela Boishakh]
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A.
Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is a major Hindu harvest and sun festival marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn, celebrated across India with kite flying, feasts, and ritual bathing.
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B.
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
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C.
Sivan
Sivan is the third month of the Hebrew calendar, traditionally associated with the festival of Shavuot and the giving of the Torah.
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D.
Rama Navami
Rama Navami is a major Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Rama, an avatar of Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.
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E.
Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi is a major Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha, marked by elaborate worship, public processions, and the immersion of his idols in water.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pohela Boishakh Target entity description: Pohela Boishakh is the Bengali New Year festival, celebrated with colorful cultural events, processions, and traditional foods across Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
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A.
Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is a major Hindu harvest and sun festival marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn, celebrated across India with kite flying, feasts, and ritual bathing.
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B.
Nisan
Nisan is the first month of the Hebrew religious year, traditionally associated with spring and the festival of Passover.
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C.
Sivan
Sivan is the third month of the Hebrew calendar, traditionally associated with the festival of Shavuot and the giving of the Torah.
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D.
Rama Navami
Rama Navami is a major Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Rama, an avatar of Vishnu and hero of the epic Ramayana.
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E.
Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganesh Chaturthi is a major Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha, marked by elaborate worship, public processions, and the immersion of his idols in water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali New Year
ⓘ
New Year celebration ⓘ cultural festival ⓘ festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Pohela Boishakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Pahela Baishakh
Pohela Boishakh ⓘ
surface form:
Poila Boishakh
|
| associatedWithArtForm | Mangal Shobhajatra procession ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Bengali culture ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguage |
Bengali
ⓘ
surface form:
Bengali language
|
| associatedWithOrganization | Chhayanaut ⓘ |
| calendarSystem | Bengali calendar ⓘ |
| celebratedIn |
Assam
ⓘ
surface form:
Assam (Barak Valley)
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form:
Bangladesh
Tripura ⓘ West Bengal ⓘ |
| countryLevelStatus | national festival of Bangladesh ⓘ |
| dayOfMonth | 1 ⓘ |
| economicSignificance | important for Bengali businesses ⓘ |
| featuresActivity |
cultural processions
ⓘ
fairs and melas ⓘ music performances ⓘ opening new account books (Haal Khata) ⓘ traditional dance ⓘ visiting family and friends ⓘ wearing traditional clothes ⓘ |
| featuresFood |
ilish (hilsa fish)
ⓘ
panta bhat ⓘ sweets and mishti ⓘ various pithas ⓘ |
| hasMajorEventAt |
Chittagong
ⓘ
surface form:
Chattogram
University of Dhaka ⓘ
surface form:
Dhaka University area
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form:
Kolkata
Ramna Park, Dhaka ⓘ |
| hasNameInBengali |
Pohela Boishakh
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
পহেলা বৈশাখ
|
| marksBeginningOf | Bengali calendar year ⓘ |
| monthOfBengaliCalendar | Boishakh ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Bengali people
ⓘ
surface form:
Bengalis
Buddhists in Bengal region ⓘ Christians in Bengal region ⓘ Hindus in Bengal region ⓘ Muslims in Bengal region ⓘ |
| religiousNature | largely secular ⓘ |
| season | spring–summer transition in Bengal ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
cultural unity
ⓘ
harvest and agrarian traditions ⓘ new beginning ⓘ |
| typicalGregorianDate |
14 April
ⓘ
15 April ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | Mangal Shobhajatra inscribed as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pohela Boishakh Description of subject: Pohela Boishakh is the Bengali New Year festival, celebrated with colorful cultural events, processions, and traditional foods across Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
West Bengal
this entity surface form:
Poila Boishakh
this entity surface form:
পহেলা বৈশাখ
this entity surface form:
Pahela Baishakh
this entity surface form:
Poila Boishakh
this entity surface form:
Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh)
this entity surface form:
Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year)
this entity surface form:
Bengali New Year (Pohela Boishakh)
this entity surface form:
Pahela Baishakh