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ASHAR-BEGINS
Month of Ashar begins tomorrow
DHAKA, June 14, 2018 (BSS)- Tomorrow is the first day of the Bengali month of Ashar.
After a long spell of hot weather, the rainy season starts with the month of Ashar with showers to cool the earth.
Ashar is the third month of the Bengali calendar. It is the first of the two months that comprise the wet season, locally known as “Barsha”, when the monsoon winds blow. It is named for the constellation Uttarashadha. It is one of the first five months of the year that have 31 days, according to the Bangladeshi version of the Bengali Calendar.
Rain sets in our country in the middle of June and lasts up to the middle of September.
During the month of Ashar, the sky is overcast with deep black clouds that cover across the sky close to the earth suffers surface.
Violent blasts of wind blow, lightning, flasher and thunder roar. The sun can hardly be seen. The rivers are full to the brim.
The southwest monsoon over Bangladesh from the Bay of Bengal brings many vapours with it. As a result, there occurs heavy rainfall during the monsoon in our country.
The season has been depicted in poems and lyrics sometimes as a symbol of sufferings created by the separation from the beloved and at other times as a season of freshness and romanticism.
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