Expatriate Bangladeshi women dressed in different clothes for the spring season in Italy

Minhaj Hossain Special Correspondent:

Across the borders of the country, the monsoon season has touched Italy as well. Similar to the Basant Utsav organized in Bangladesh last spring, in the hall of the local Ross restaurant in the capital Rome, under the banner of 'Basant Utsav', under the slogan "Phalgun's Mela Praner Milon Mela", courtesy of some of our girlfriends and jointly organized by Champa, Julie, Sharmin, Renu, Rimu, Nusrat, the colorful Fagun. Expatriate Bangladeshis of all ages rejoice in this festival.

Even in the busy expatriate life, expatriate women attend the festival with basanti-colored sarees, forehead tips, bangles on hands, nupras on feet, and various flowers on their heads.

Entertainment-loving expatriate Bangladeshi artists showcased the country's cultural traditions in this spring festival by organizing various kinds of food, comedy, poetry recitation and pitha.

The organizers of such an exceptional and different festival in the diaspora said that by welcoming spring through creative programs, this event is mainly to make the long-standing cultural heritage of Bengalis unforgettable to the new generation in the diaspora.