Probarona Purnima observed
Buddhists ignite and send up 'fanush' (balloons) made of coloured paper to flow as a symbol of lighting up the sky at Nandonkanon Buddha Bihar, Chittagong yesterday during Probarona Purnima, the second largest festival of the Buddhist community.Photo: STAR
Shubho Probarona Purnima, the second largest festival of the Buddhist community, was celebrated across the country yesterday with traditional religious festivity and due solemnity. Also known as Ashwini Purnima, the festival marks conclusion of the three-month long seclusion of the monks inside their monasteries for self-edification and atonement of their defilement. The festival follows a month-long preaching of sermons by the Buddhist monks for the welfare of every beings and whole humankind through yellow robes offering ceremony that begins today. The day also celebrates another event in the life of Buddha. According to legend, Buddha once clipped some strands of hair from his head and said that if he was qualified to attain supreme wisdom and enlightenment, the hairs would not fall down but go up instead, which they did. To mark this event, Buddhists ignited and send up balloons made of coloured paper to flow towards the sky as a symbol of lighting up the sky which is the chief attraction of the festival. The main attraction of the day's programmes was releasing of lighted balloons in the sky soon after the sunset simultaneously from all monasteries.
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