Bangladeshi's National Pitha Festival gets underway

NAMPA / Xinhua

2025-02-03

DHAKA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The 18th National Pitha Festival, one of Bangladesh's popular winter festivities, is underway here and will continue until Feb. 8. The 10-day festival features various types of pithas, namely Patisapta, Bhapa, Pakan, Chitai and others along with a number of experimental dishes. Earlier, speaking at the opening ceremony, the cultural advisor of Bangladesh's interim government, Mostafa Sarwar Farooki, emphasized the......

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