essay on late autumn season
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Usually autumn is followed by late autumn. ‘Kartic’ and ‘Agrahayan’ are the months of this season. Hemonto is called the season of dew as dew drops begin to fall during this time hinting the arrival of the winter, though it is not the winter yet. It is neither hot nor cold but one feels that winter is not far away.
Paddy ripens and is cut down in this season. Harvesting of crops begins soon. The golden paddy in the fields creates in the minds of the peasants many happy dreams. The farmers remain busy in cutting paddy and get very busy with their harvests. In late autumn, the harvest comes home, filling the days and nights of the farmers with indelible joy and happiness and infusing in them dreams of a prosperous life. During this period the farmer fills the granaries with the newly harvested crops.Once the land has emerged from its water, it is time to replant in new, fertile soil that is rich in nutrients. The land and its people come to life during hemonto, when numerous flowers bloom including jasmine, water lily, rose, magnolia, marigold, hibiscus and bougainvillea.
Country’s biggest agricultural festival, Nabanna Utshob, is being celebrated across the country. Nabanna is a Bengali word which means ‘new crop’. People celebrate Nabanno Utsab to hail the new crops and harvests.
Nabanna (New Crop) is a Bengali harvest celebration usually celebrated with food, dance and music in Bangladesh. It is a festival of food; many local preparations of Bengali cuisine like pithas are cooked and offered.
In this celebration the villagers welcome their neighbours and guests with chira, murri, Moa-Murki, many kinds of pithas and some other indigenous foods. In this way they celebrate their ‘Nabanna Utshob’ in the late autumn.
The Nabanna is celebrated by various kinds of local cakes and sweets which are all made from the new rice they harvested. Each year, a festival is organized to celebrate the harvesting of Aman which is known as the festival of harvest. The festival is celebrated with mela which are called nabanna mela. It is one of the numerous festivals that gave the name "baro mase tero parban" (thirteen festivals in twelve months) to the land of Bengal. But nabanna parban is somewhat different from other ones since it is not connected to a religion. The villagers and locals from all the major religious groups join the festival with equal participation.
In fact, this is a traditional festival of Bengalis life and culture. It is a part of our glorious ancient culture and life. Historically speaking, Bangladesh is an agricultural country which has always enjoyed celebrating a variety of festivals. In particular, Nabanna festival is a cultural festival which is practiced predominantly by rural society. During this time much excitement, characterized by the traditional recitations, drum-beats, music, dance and songs, prevails among everyone.
However this year is no exception. People from all walks of life have already started celebrating this festival. For instance- amid much festivity and funfare, Nabanna Utshab, the annual harvesting festival, was observed at Amritangan of Natun Bazar area in Barisal last week on November 19. With the slogan ‘Natun Dhanye Hobe Nabanna Aaj Budhbar’, local Dalit Matua Community arranged the festival.
Matua Sampraday, which includes the Hindu Dalits sect of farmers, agricultural workers and followers of Hari Guruchand Thakur, organises this Nabanna or ‘the festival of new harvest’ on the first Wednesday of Bangla month of Agrahayan every year.
Participants of the festival called for an end to the inner and inter-communal discriminations marking the Nabanna Utsab officially as a national cultural festival. The inaugural ceremony was followed by the colourful procession on city roads.Nabanna was also celebrated with music, dance and merriment at the Bakultala of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University on Saturday to mark the traditional harvest festival in the country. Different cultural organizations and solo artistes presented a wide range of cultural activities including songs and dance recitals in group and solo performances, rejuvenating the spirit of the festival. The members of Udichi Shilpygosthi presented the popular folk song ‘Hayre Kothai Sonar Dhan, Shunya Khamar Kande’, which laments lack of crops in the fields, reminiscing the old days when Nabanna was celebrated with great fervour.
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The autumn is one of the five seasons. It comes after monsoon and ends before winters. Dry winds and sunlight could be experienced during this season due to which, the leaves of the trees and plants dries up and falls. The level of transpiration is the highest during this period.
This season seems pessimistic to people as they think that trees loose their resemblance and teaches the bitter truth of life, but it should be taken as a good lesson as the trees attain back new and better after loosing their old leaves which teaches that one should never give up.