Editing Dhaka (section)

===Festivals===
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Annual celebrations for [[Language Movement Day|Language Martyrs' Day]] (21 February), [[Bangladeshi Independence Day|Independence Day]] (26 March), and [[Victory Day (Bangladesh)|Victory Day]] (16 December) are prominently celebrated across the city. Dhaka's people congregate at the [[Shaheed Minar, Dhaka|Shaheed Minar]] and the [[Jatiyo Smriti Soudho]] to remember the national heroes of the liberation war. These occasions are observed with public ceremonies and rallies on public grounds. Many schools and colleges organize fairs, festivals, and concerts in which citizens from all levels of society participate.<ref name="Cul" />''[[Pohela Baishakh]]'', the Bengali New Year, falls annually on 14 April and is popularly celebrated across the city.<ref name="Cul">{{Cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Nizamuddin |date=27 September 2006 |title=Happy 400th anniversary, Dhaka! |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/ourcities/ourcities01.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302091655/http://www.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2006/15thanniv/ourcities/ourcities01.htm |archive-date=2 March 2007 |access-date=27 September 2006 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> Large crowds of people gather on the streets of [[Shahbag]], [[Ramna Park]] and the campus of the University of Dhaka for celebrations. ''[[Pahela Falgun]]'', the first day of spring of the month [[Falgun]] in the [[Bengali calendar]], is also festively celebrated in the city.<ref name="history">{{Cite news |date=14 February 2011 |title=Pohela Falgun celebrated |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=174151/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074436/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=174151%2F |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=18 January 2021 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> This day is marked with colourful celebration and traditionally, women wear yellow saris to celebrate this day. This celebration is also known as ''Basanta Utsab'' (Spring Festival). [[Nabanna]] is a harvest celebration, usually celebrated with food and dance, and music on the 1st day of the month of Agrahayan of the Bengali year.  Birthdays of Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam are observed respectively as [[Rabindra Jayanti]] and [[Nazrul Jayanti]]. The [[Ekushey Book Fair]], which is arranged each year by [[Bangla Academy (Bangladesh)|Bangla Academy]], takes place for the whole month of February. This event is dedicated to the martyrs who died on 21 February 1952 in a demonstration calling for the establishment of Bengali as one of the state languages of former [[Historical regions of Pakistan|East Pakistan]]. [[Shakrain|Shakrain Festival]] is an annual celebration observed with the flying of kites.<ref name="dstar">{{Cite news |date=19 January 2011 |title=Shakrain festival |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=170574 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118102208/https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-170574 |archive-date=18 January 2021 |access-date=14 January 2019 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> It is usually observed in the old part of the city at the end of Poush, the ninth month of the Bengali calendar (14 or 15 January in the [[Gregorian calendar]]).

==== Religious Festivals ====
The Islamic festivals of [[Eid ul-Fitr]], [[Eid ul-Adha]], [[Mawlid|Eid-E-Miladunnabi]] and [[Muharram]]; the Hindu festival of [[Durga Puja]]; the Buddhist festival of [[Buddha Purnima]]; and the [[Christmas|Christian festival of Christmas]] witness widespread celebrations across the city.