Boishakhi Mela 2010
History of Boishakhi (Bengali
New Year Festival)
In the early nineties the convenor
of the then organisation came up with the idea of celebrating Bengali
New Year.
After some informal meetings with other community groups they decided to
organise Boishakhi Mela. Boishakh is the first month of Bengali
calendar. It is
a solar calendar. The first day of Boishakh generally corresponds to
April 14.
The first Boishakhi Mela was organised in 1993
(it was year 1400 in Bengali calendar) at the premises of Burwood Girls'
High
School. This venue hosted the festival for the following 13 years while
it
grew exponentially. In 2006 the festival was relocated to Sydney Olympic
park to accommodate the increased crowd and participants. What started
like a picnic day with little entertainment has now grown to become one
of the
most significant community and cultural events in Sydney.
Turner Freeman are proud to be associated with this event and wish
all in the Bengali community a happy new year.
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