The Bangladesh Association of Greater St. Louis would like to invite All St. Louis food lovers and those interested in learning and exploring our culture - this is the event you want to attend. Attendance is FREE, shows are FREE. Come and meet the wonderful, hospitable, friendly and charming people from Bangladesh and learn a bit about their culture.
Come and explore BANGLADESH and it's rich culture, right here in ST. LOUIS.
Date: Saturday, April 28th, 2012 from 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM (come and go at your convenience)
Place: Gandhi Center, 717 Wiedmann Rd, St. Louis, MO 63011
Program Timeline:
11 AM - Door Opens
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM - Social Gathering, food and stall open for service
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Cultural Show/songs
3:00 PM - Kids Program
3:45 PM - Dance show
4:00 PM Adult Program
4:30 PM Fashion Show
5:30 PM Bichitra Onushthan
6:15 PM Break for prayer
6:30 PM Dinner & Social Hours
Let us know if you are attending and # of people so that we can get a head count and let our stall owners know how much to cook. Feel free to pass this invite to others. post below or email us Events@Bagslmo.org.
What is Bengali New Year?
Shubho Nobo Barsha!
“The occasion for a renewal of Bengalis spirit”
Bengali New Year or Pohela Boishakh is the first day of the Boisakh month and Bengali calendar. The Nobo Barsha festival was introduced during the rule of great Mughal Emperor Akbar from 1556-1605AD. Pohela Boishakh connects all ethnic Bengalis irrespective of religious and regional differences and observed as a symbol of Bengali culture. It is celebrated with immense excitement and
enthusiasm. For us it is also the time to bud adieu to the past year and welcome the New Year with spreading love, happiness, and praying for each other’s well being and prosperity.
The significance of the Bengali New Year is prominent . It is a reminder of the heritage that Bengalis are as a people heir to in the special part of the world. It is reassuring to know that Boaishakh comes at a time when other people in South Asia as well as in the region just outside it also happen to be welcoming their own new year.
The day is a cultural, social and literary feast for the Bengalis. In fact the whole month of Boishakh is considered very auspicious for events like marriages. This day is also considered blessing for starting new ventures and businesses. All business activities commence on the day of Pohela Boishakh. New account books are purchased by the Bengali business men and traders. It is that season when new crops determine the course of new times. That sounds simple enough. And yet within that simple format that shapes a new year comes a host of factors primordial and pre-eminent in the shaping of the social life and history as a people.
Let Pohela Baishakh this year be one great step in our journey towards individual progress and collective accomplishment. Let it be a renewal of the community soul through imbuing in us thoughts of the well-being of all our fellow members.
Bangladesh Association Of Greater St. Louis (BAGSL)
501(c)(3)Charter Number: N00605934
Non-Profit Tax ID:900241777
Link for Missouri Secretary of State:https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/Corp.asp?1375134https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/Corp.asp?1375134
Non-Profit Tax ID:900241777
Link for Missouri Secretary of State:https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/Corp.asp?1375134https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/Corp.asp?1375134
Thanks for the invitation!. I am interested in attending and bringing few people.
ReplyDeleteAmy Centunzi
Farmers Insurance
3 people!
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