Mangal Shobhajatra or Mongol Shovajatra (Bengali: মঙ্গল শোভাযাত্রা) is a mass procession that takes place at dawn on the first day of the Bengali New Year in Bangladesh.[1] The procession is organised by the teachers and students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Dhaka.[2] The festival is considered an expression of the secular identity of the Bangladeshi people and as a way to promote unity.[3] It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2016,[4] categorised on the representative list as a heritage of humanity.[5][6]
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