Mangal Shobhajatra at Times Square in New York

1430 Bangabd was welcomed for the first time in Times Square, New York, USA. On April 14, the first day of Boishakh, a colorful Mars procession was held to wish humanity well. The convenor of this historic annual event organized by NRB World Wide is the Ekushey Padak award winning dance artist and freedom fighter Laila Hasan. Rabindra Sangeet Rezwana Chowdhury Bonya who received the Freedom Award inaugurated the Mangal Shobhayatra by joining the event from Bangladesh.

Organized by Tofajjal Liton, general secretary of NRB World Wide, the anniversary program started with the convenor of the 1430 Bangla anniversary in New York, Laila Hasan Preeti. Director of Shata Kanthe Varshavaran Mahitosh Talukder Tapas and President of NRB World Wide Biswajit Saha spoke. The new Bengali year was welcomed with the participation of more than 100 artists with the participation of more than 600 artists.

For the first time in the history of the Bengali nation, the Bangladeshi immigrants in the United States welcomed the Bengali New Year with the sunrise at New York's Time Square. Hundreds of people who love Bengali culture gather and welcome the Bengali New Year with songs at sunrise. Bangladeshi immigrants from different states of the United States have joined this event. Everyone had a spontaneous attempt to make themselves a part of history.

Convener of 1430 Bangla Barshvaran in New York, Laila Hasan herself performed a solo dance. He said that Pahela Boishakh is the biggest festival of life of Bengalis irrespective of religion and caste. The spontaneous participation of hundreds of expatriates proved again with the early sunrise.

For the first time in the history of the United States, a colorful March procession was organized by Bengalis in Times Square. Freedom Awardee Rabindra Sangeet Rezwana Chowdhury Banya inaugurated it. He said, Time Square's Hundred Voices annual celebration is excellent. Despite all the hardships of expatriate life, the huge participation of expatriates in the colorful Mars procession on the first day of Boishakh has created history. My wish is to celebrate Baisakh like this every year in different parts of the world including New York.

This year some communal people in the US filed a court case to disrupt the Pahela Boishakh celebrations. They lost the case. Biswajit Saha, president of the organizing organization NRB World Wide, sees this event as a good victory against fanaticism.

He said, Bengali nation has never been defeated by bigotry. On April 13, the United States Supreme Court dismissed the case to suspend the event. This colorful event will be held on April 15 at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights from seven in the morning to ten in the evening. There will be a colorful Mars procession, Baisakhi fair and Eid bazaar. It will be inaugurated by New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Tofazzal Liton, general secretary of the organizing organization NRB World Wide, said that every year on the first day of Baisakh, Bengali New Year will be celebrated in New York's Time Square. There will be a colorful Mars procession.

Rathindranath Roy, the vocal warrior of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, was overwhelmed by the spontaneous participation of hundreds of Bengalis. He said that this year's history-making Pahela Boishakh celebration will play a groundbreaking role in spreading Bengali culture worldwide. Such a colorful event with the participation of all the young and old women will inspire our next generation to Bengali culture.

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