Festival in Duisdorf Bengalis celebrate the start of the year 1424

Duisdorf · Bengalis from across Germany celebrated the start of the new year 1424 on Saturday with singing and dancing.

 Bengalis from all over Germany celebrated in Duisdorf on Saturday

Bengalis from all over Germany celebrated in Duisdorf on Saturday

Foto: Florijn

Wearing tra­di­tio­nal costumes, they brought a bit of local flavour to Duisdorf in the colourfully decorated hall. Ama­resh Gup­ta was the special guest – the native-born Indian has been living in Germany for 50 years and has worked among other things as a Pro­fes­sor at Bonn University. “It is great that such events take place. Of course, we miss our home country and this is a good opportunity to return to our culture for a little while”, says Gup­ta.

Several hundred people gather together every year to celebrate, eat and marvel at the traditional dancing. Ama­resh Gup­ta would like to see more German guests, as he believes fes­tivals such as this are a way of building cultural bridges. The President of the Bang­la­desh Academy in Bonn is pleased with the celebrations - like every year, the rush was enormous and the guests were delighted with the colourful and traditional program.

(Original text: chf, Translation: Caroline Payne)

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