Members of the local Bengali community gathered in Kitchener Sunday to celebrate the start of a new year.
The celebration at the Country Hills Community Centre featured food, music and a sellers market.
Organized by the Bangladesh Cultural Society of Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge, the event showcased the diversity of Bengali-speaking people from Bangladesh, India and other south Asian countries.
The New Year is celebrated annually on April 14, marking harvest season.
In Bangladesh, the day usually begins with a sunrise greeting and song.
