Welcoming new year, Boisabi festival begins in the hills with 'Fulbiju' | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Thursday
June 12, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2025
Welcoming new year, Boisabi festival begins in the hills with 'Fulbiju'

Bangladesh

TBS Report
12 April, 2025, 02:05 pm
Last modified: 12 April, 2025, 05:50 pm

Related News

  • Tales from the hills: Empowering Chakma and Tripura youth through storytelling
  • A culinary journey through the flavours of Chattogram Hill Tracts
  • CA Yunus for flourishing technology to expedite communication in CHT
  • Protests in Tripura over attacks on minorities in Bangladesh
  • CHT farmers not receiving fair prices for crops due to exploitative middlemen: Adviser Supradip Chakma

Welcoming new year, Boisabi festival begins in the hills with 'Fulbiju'

This morning (12 April), hundreds of people from the Chakma and Tanchangya communities gathered by the Sangu River in Bandarban to take part in the ritual

TBS Report
12 April, 2025, 02:05 pm
Last modified: 12 April, 2025, 05:50 pm
The Chakma people celebrate Fulbiju and Tanchangya people celebrate Fulbishu to welcome the new year. Photo: TBS
The Chakma people celebrate Fulbiju and Tanchangya people celebrate Fulbishu to welcome the new year. Photo: TBS

The various ethnic communities in the Chattogram Hill Tracts have begun their new year celebrations with Fulbiju, a flower-floating ritual that marks the start of the three-day Biju and Bishu festivals.

This morning (12 April), hundreds of people from the Chakma and Tanchangya communities gathered by the Sangu River in Bandarban to take part in the ritual.

Flowers were floated on the river as a symbolic gesture of bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new one.

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

The Chakma people celebrate Fulbiju and Tanchangya people celebrate Fulbishu to welcome the new year. Photo: TBS
The Chakma people celebrate Fulbiju and Tanchangya people celebrate Fulbishu to welcome the new year. Photo: TBS

"Fulbiju means there is a spiritual belief associated with the river and water. Through this belief, we consider the river sacred," said Rieli Chakma, one of the participants.

Supriya Tanchangya, a resident of Balaghata, added, "We wash away our old sorrows and look forward to a new life. We want to move forward together, in peace and cooperation."

Rajumoy Tanchangya, a member of the Bandarban District Council and convener of the Tanchangya Central Bishu Festival Celebration Committee, said that new year celebrations would continue throughout the day with traditional games, cultural performances, and a discussion meeting at Reicha High School ground.

The Chakma and Tanchangya people celebrate Fulbiju on the first day, Mul Biju on the second, and Goijja Poijja on the third. A special dish called pachan, made with mixed vegetables, is served to guests during the festival.

The Chakma people celebrate Fulbiju and Tanchangya people celebrate Fulbishu to welcome the new year. Photo: TBS
The Chakma people celebrate Fulbiju and Tanchangya people celebrate Fulbishu to welcome the new year. Photo: TBS

Among the 11 indigenous groups in the region, all except the Bom, Pangkhoya, and Lusai communities observe new year festivities under various names.

The Chak celebrate Sangrai, the Mro observe Changkran, and the Khumi and Khayang also have their own versions starting on 13 April. The new year celebrations of various indigenous communities are also collectively known as Boisabi.

The Marma community has announced a nine-day Sangrai programme including sports, cultural events, and religious rituals.

The Chakma people celebrate Fulbiju and Tanchangya people celebrate Fulbishu to welcome the new year. Photo: TBS
The Chakma people celebrate Fulbiju and Tanchangya people celebrate Fulbishu to welcome the new year. Photo: TBS

A "Mangal Shobhajatra" will take place tomorrow, and a Buddha bathing ceremony is scheduled for 14 April.

From 15 to 18 April, daily events including folk sports, Maitri Pani Barshan (friendship water splashing), and cultural performances will be held at Rajarmath in Bandarban town.

Community leaders and government representatives are expected to attend the festivities.

Top News

Boisabi festival / Chattogram hill tracts / Chakma / Tanchangya

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Govt to set up Debt Office as loan burden to hit Tk29 lakh cr by FY28
    Govt to set up Debt Office as loan burden to hit Tk29 lakh cr by FY28
  • UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade and President of the Board of Trade Jonathan Reynolds meets Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on 11 June 2025. Photo: UNB
    UK reaffirms support for Bangladesh's initiatives to recover siphoned off money
  • File Photo of Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus: UNB
    Prof Yunus to receive Harmony Award from King Charles today

MOST VIEWED

  • File photo of ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Photo: Collected
    Joy spends Eid with Hasina in India: Indian media
  • Infofgraphics: TBS
    DGHS issues 11-point directive to prevent spread of Covid-19 in Bangladesh
  • Saifuzzaman Chowdhury. Photo: Collected
    UK crime agency now freezes assets of ex-land minister Saifuzzaman: AJ
  • File photo of BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. Photo: Collected
    Khasru flies to London ahead of Yunus-Tarique meeting
  • Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus speaks at the Chatham House in London on 11 June 2025. Photo: CA Press Wing
    No desire to be part of next elected govt: CA Yunus
  • Illustration: Khandaker Abidur Rahman/TBS
    Three hospitals ‘held hostage’ as discharged July uprising injured keep occupying beds

Related News

  • Tales from the hills: Empowering Chakma and Tripura youth through storytelling
  • A culinary journey through the flavours of Chattogram Hill Tracts
  • CA Yunus for flourishing technology to expedite communication in CHT
  • Protests in Tripura over attacks on minorities in Bangladesh
  • CHT farmers not receiving fair prices for crops due to exploitative middlemen: Adviser Supradip Chakma

Features

Among pet birds in the country, lovebirds are the most common, and they are also the most numerous in the haat. Photo: Junayet Rashel

Where feathers meet fortune: How a small pigeon stall became Dhaka’s premiere bird market

17h | Panorama
Illustration: Duniya Jahan/ TBS

Forget Katy Perry, here’s Bangladesh’s Ruthba Yasmin shooting for the moon

1d | Features
File photo of Eid holidaymakers returning to the capital from their country homes/Rajib Dhar

Dhaka: The city we never want to return to, but always do

3d | Features
Photo collage shows political posters in Bagerhat. Photos: Jannatul Naym Pieal

From Sheikh Dynasty to sibling rivalry: Bagerhat signals a turning tide in local politics

4d | Bangladesh

More Videos from TBS

What did the Chief Advisor do on the second day of his UK visit?

What did the Chief Advisor do on the second day of his UK visit?

18m | TBS Stories
Why is Omicron XBB more contagious?

Why is Omicron XBB more contagious?

13h | TBS Stories
What did Dr. Yunus say at the Chatham House Dialogue in London?

What did Dr. Yunus say at the Chatham House Dialogue in London?

14h | TBS Today
News of The Day, 11 JUNE 2025

News of The Day, 11 JUNE 2025

15h | TBS News of the day
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net