Nabanna Utsab in Dhaka

University of Dhaka celebrates Nabanno, a traditional annual festival marking the harvest of the new crop. Hundreds of girls and boys, attired in traditional dress, performed dances and folk songs to celebrate this harvest festival. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 15/11/2009.

University of Dhaka celebrates Nabanno, a traditional annual festival marking the harvest of new crop, in style. Hundreds of girls and boys, attire in traditional dresses, attend the harvest festival, Nabanno Utsab, held at Bakultala at the Institute of Fine Arts in the University campus on November 15, 2009. Colorful rallies are organized at the university campus. The festival began with the melody of flute followed by recitations, dance and folk songs, especially Jari and Sari. Traditional dances are performed. The country's leading artistes and cultural organizations perform on the occasion. Painting camps and competition for children are organized by painters and exhibited later on. Though 'Nabanno', the festival of the harvest, is closely connected to the rural culture, urban people are getting more and more involved with the festival and the university plays a vital role here.