Mangal Shobhajatra
| Mangal Shobhajatra Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra | |
|---|---|
Tiger motif used in the Mangal Shobajatra | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Procession |
| Date(s) | 14 April (First day of Bengali calendar) |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Dhaka University campus |
| Coordinates | 23°44′00″N 90°23′27″E / 23.733242°N 90.3909218°E |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Years active | 1989 – present |
| Organised by | DU Faculty of Fine Arts Ministry of Culture |
| Mangal Shobhajatra on Pahela Baishakh | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Reference | 01091 |
| Region | Asia and the Pacific |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2016 (11th session) |
| List | Representative |
Mangal Shobhajatra, officially titled as Barshabaran Ananda Shobhajatra, is a mass procession that takes place at dawn on the first day of the Bengali New Year in Bangladesh. The procession is organised by the teachers and students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka. The festival is considered an expression of the secular identity of the Bangladeshi people and as a way to promote unity. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2016, categorised on the representative list as a heritage of humanity.