This is a list of festivals in Bangladesh.
National observances Language Movement Day - (International Mother Language Day); Colours worn: Genocide Remembrance Day; Colours worn: Independence Day; Colours worn: July Mass Uprising Day Armed Forces Day Martyred Intellectuals Day; Colours worn: Victory Day; Colours worn:
Religious observances
Muslim Eid ul-Fitr () - on the 1st day of Shawwal month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Eid ul-Adha ()- on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah month of the Islamic calendar. Chaand Raat ()- on the 29th or 30th night of Ramadan month of the Islamic calendar. Ashura ()- on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. Eid-e-Meeladun Nabi ()– The Birth of the Prophet Muhammad Shab-e-Qadr () Shab-e-Barat () Bishwa Ijtema()
Hindu Durga Puja - from the 2nd to the 7th day of Ashwin month of the Hindu calendar. Krishna Janmashtami - celebration of the birth of Lord Krishna Dolyatra Ratha Yatra, the most popular being Dhamrai Rathayatra. Kali Puja in Diwali Saraswati Puja Ashtami Snan on Chaitra Shukla Paksha Ashtami (ninth day during the waxing phase of moon in Chaitra Month) as per Hindu Lunar Calendar
Buddhist Buddha Purnima - Buddha's Birthday Madhu Purnima Kathin Chibardan - offering of woven robe made of cotton to monks and nuns.
Christian Boro Din or Christmas - on 25 December of the Gregorian calendar. Easter Sunday
Cultural observances
General Rokeya Day Rabindra Jayanti Nazrul Jayanti
Music Dhaka World Music Festival (music) Bengal Classical Music Festival International Folk Festival
Folk Pahela Baishakh - on the 1st day of the Bengali calendar and summer festival; also called Bangla Noboborsho; Colours worn: Spring festival also known as Pohela Falgun; Colours worn: Nabanna - Winter and harvest festival; Colours worn: Borsha Utshob - Monsoon festival; Colours worn: Nouka Baich - Boat racing festivals held after the monsoon when rivers are filled
Others
Bengal Original Culture Festival Cinemaking International Film Festival Dhaka Festival Dhaka Art Summit Hay Festival Dhaka Dhaka Fashion Week Dhaka International Film Festival Chobi Mela International Photography Festival CRACK International Art Camp International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh Bioscope Children's Photography Festival Latin Dance Festival Liberation Docfest Bangladesh Hill Film Festival
Fairs
Ekushey Book Fair - in Dhaka on the month of February of the Gregorian calendar. Dhaka International Trade Fair National Tree Fair - Month-long National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair. National Fisheries Week and Fish Fair - Week-long National Fiash Trade and Fair.
Local events
Shakrain — in Dhaka at the end of the Poush of the Bengali calendar. Jatiya Pitha Utsab — National Pitha Festival. Charak — 3-day-long festival in Pabna starting on the last day of the Bangla month of Chaitra. Nouka Baich Bisu Mela
See also Public holidays in Bangladesh Folk music festivals in Bangladesh
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