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As in China the Bengali's have their own calendar, which starts around April 14th and coincides with many other Asian calendars. In the streets around Dhaka University in Bangladesh, families turn up in their thousands to celebrate together with traditional music, face painting and a parade down Kazi Nazrul Islam Ave.
by D J Clark
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D J Clark has worked worldwide as a multimedia journalist for more than 20 years. As well as working for China Daily he runs an MA course in Multimedia journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University and is the Director of Visual Journalism at the Asia Center for Journalism in Manila, Philippines.
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