Asia Album: Harvest festival celebrated in Bangladesh with dance, folk songs

Women perform dances to celebrate the harvest festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 16, 2023. (Photo by Salim/Xinhua)

DHAKA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh celebrated the traditional harvest festival on the first day of Agrahayan, a month of the Bengali calendar, which fell on Thursday. Boys and girls, attired in traditional dress, performed dances and folk songs in the accompaniment of the melody of flute.

A woman sings a folk song to celebrate the harvest festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 16, 2023. (Photo by Salim/Xinhua)

Artists perform dance to celebrate the harvest festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 16, 2023. (Photo by Salim/Xinhua)

Women perform a dance to celebrate the harvest festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 16, 2023. (Photo by Salim/Xinhua)

Artists sing folk songs to celebrate the harvest festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 16, 2023. (Photo by Salim/Xinhua)

Artists perform dances to celebrate the harvest festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Nov. 16, 2023. (Photo by Salim/Xinhua) ■