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Festival of ganja addicts

13 May 2009, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent, Bogra,

Thousands of people including ganja (hemp) addicts from different districts of the country have gathered near the archaeological site of Mohasthangarh in Bogra district to participate in today's Ganja Sommelon, considered as a 'religion festival' in the area for long. The one-day festival is observed on the last Thursday of Bangla month Baishakh and a number of people from other countries including India, Pakistan and Nepal also come to join it, organisers said. Locals said the festival is observed to mark the arrival of Hazrat Shah Sultan Mahamud Balkhi Mahishawar who preached Islam in the area after wining a war against Hindu king Parshuram long ago. Around 2,00,000 kg of katkati (a kind of sweet) will be produced to meet the demand of participants at today's festival, said Md Rafiqul Islam, a katkati producer at Mohasthangarh market.