Lesson 1
Holi, the Festival of Colour
āĻšোāϞী, ā§°āĻā§° āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą
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Riddhi, Beli and Arki are talking about their coming holidays for Holi. “I am going to Shillong," Riddhi says. "How nice! But I will stay here at home. I like the Holi festival very much. I like to enjoy this festival of colour with my friends. In our neighbourhood we celebrate Holi together. It's really great fun!" Arki tells about her plan. "What about you Beli?" Riddhi asks. Beli's face brightens up, "You know, Holi is my favourite festival. Every year we go to Barpeta to celebrate Holi". "Barpeta? But why do you go to Barpeta only? Holi is celebrated everywhere in India, isn't it?" Arki is curious to know. "Yes, Arki. You are right. But it is a special festival for the people of Barpeta. It is called Doul Utsay" Beli says. Riddhi, who is listening to their conversation, is eager to know more about the festival. "Please tell me about Doul Utsav, Beli," she says. Beli turns to Riddhi and says joyfully, "Doul is celebrated for three to five days in Barpeta. It is different from the Holi celebrated in other parts of India. Doul Utsav of Barpeta is closely related to Kirtan Ghar. During this festival Mahaprabhu Doul Govinda and Kalia Thakur are brought out from the Manikut of the Kirtan Ghar and some rituals are performed. Then thousands of people take them in a procession with Gayan Bayan," "Oh, really! Do you join the procession?" Riddhi asks. Beli replies, "Yes, I always do. During this Doul Utsav the air of Barpeta is filled with Holi Geet. Bhaona is also performed at night." "I have never seen a Bhaona," Arki says sadly. Riddhi asks again, "But Beli, don't you play with Phaku during Holi?" "We do Riddhi. The last day of Doul is called Suweri. It is the day of colour. Everyone showers Phaku with joy and sings Holi Geet," Beli replies.
(āĻšোāϞীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻšিāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻŦāύ্āϧ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻৈ āĻāĻে ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧি, āĻŦেāϞী āĻā§°ু āĻā§°্āĻিāϝ়ে। ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϝ়ে āĻāϝ়, “āĻŽāĻ āĻļিāϞāĻā§°āϞৈ āĻৈ āĻāĻো, āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻাāϞ āϞাāĻিāϞ! āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŽāĻ āĻāϝ়াāϤে āĻā§°āϤে āĻĨাāĻিāĻŽ। āĻšোāϞী āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąāĻো āĻŽোā§° āĻŦā§° āĻাāϞ āϞাāĻে। āĻŦāύ্āϧু-āĻŦাāύ্āĻ§ā§ąীā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻ ā§°āĻā§° āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻঁ। āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻুāĻŦুā§°ীāϤ āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āĻšোāϞী āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ো। āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻŦā§° āĻŽāĻা āϞাāĻিāϞ!" āĻā§°্āĻিāϝ়ে āϤাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϝ়। "āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻি āĻ'āĻŦ āĻŦেāϞি?" ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϝ়ে āϏুāϧিāϞে। āĻŦেāϞীā§° āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ āĻšৈ āĻāĻ ে, "āĻাāύেāύে, āĻšোāϞী āĻŽোā§° āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą। āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻŦāĻā§°ে āĻāĻŽি āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাāϞৈ āϝাāĻঁ āĻšোāϞী āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ"। "āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻা? āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাāϞৈ āĻিāϝ় āϝাāϝ়? āĻাā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻāϞো āĻ াāĻāϤে āĻšোāϞী āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ় āύāĻšāϝ়āύে?" āĻাāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৌāϤুāĻšāϞ āĻšৈāĻে āĻā§°্āĻি। "āĻšāϝ় āĻā§°্āĻি। āĻ িāĻেāĻ āĻৈāĻা. āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাāĻŦাāϏীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą। āĻāϝ়াā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻĻৌāϞ āĻā§āϏ" āĻŦেāϞিāϝ়ে āĻāϝ়। āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻāĻĨা-āĻŦāϤ⧰া āĻļুāύি āĻĨāĻা ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϝ়ে āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻ āϧিāĻ āĻাāύিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšী। "āĻĻৌāϞ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻāĻāĻোāύ āĻŦেāϞি," āϤাāĻ āĻāϝ়। āĻŦেāϞি ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻূā§°ি āĻāύāύ্āĻĻā§°ে āĻāϝ়, " āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাāϤ āϤিāύি-āĻĒাঁāĻ āĻĻিāύāϞৈ āĻĻৌāϞ āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়। āĻাā§°āϤ⧰ āĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāύ্āϤāϤ āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°া āĻšোāϞীā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ। āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাā§° āĻĻৌāϞ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻীā§°্āϤāύ āĻā§°ā§° āĻāϤঃāĻĒ্ā§°োāϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ āĻāĻে। āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŽāĻšাāĻĒ্ā§°āĻু āĻĻৌāϞ āĻোāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāϞিāϝ়া āĻ াāĻুā§°āĻ āĻীā§°্āϤāύ āĻā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻŖিāĻূāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύি āĻিāĻু ā§°ীāϤি-āύীāϤি āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āĻšাāĻাā§° āĻšাāĻাā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻাāϝ়āύ āĻŦাāϝ়āύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻļোāĻাāϝাāϤ্ā§°াāϤ āϞৈ āϝাāϝ়," "āĻ ', āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে! āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻļোāĻাāϝাāϤ্ā§°াāϤ āϝোāĻāĻĻাāύ āĻā§°ে āύেāĻি?" ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϝ়ে āϏুāϧিāĻে। āĻŦেāϞিāϝ়ে āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়ে, "āĻšāϝ়, āĻŽāĻ āϏāĻĻাāϝ় āĻā§°োঁ। āĻāĻ āĻĻৌāϞ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাā§° āĻŦাāϝ়ু āĻšোāϞী āĻীāϤেā§°ে āĻā§°ি āĻĨাāĻে। ā§°াāϤি āĻাāĻāύাāĻ āĻĒā§°িāĻŦেāĻļāύ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়।" "āĻাāĻāύা āĻĻেāĻা āύাāĻ" āĻā§°্āĻিāϝ়ে āĻĻুāĻেā§°ে āĻāϝ়। ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϝ়ে āĻāĻৌ āϏুāϧিāĻে, "āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦেāϞি, āĻšোāϞীā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻĢাāĻুā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻেāϞা āύাāĻ āύেāĻি?" "āĻāĻŽি ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧি āĻā§°ো। āĻĻৌāϞ⧰ āĻļেāώ āĻĻিāύāĻোāĻ āϏুā§ąেā§°ী āĻŦোāϞা āĻšāϝ়। ā§°ংā§° āĻĻিāύ। āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āĻāύāύ্āĻĻā§°ে āĻĢাāĻু āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ āĻā§°ে āĻā§°ু āĻšোāϞী āĻীāϤ āĻাāϝ়," āĻŦেāϞিāϝ়ে āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়ে।)
"Oh, I would love to go to Barpeta in this Doul Utsav. I will tell my parents "today to take me there," Riddhi says. Beli is very excited. She says, "Oh! It will be very nice. We can enjoy together, Riddhi."
("āĻ ', āĻāĻ āĻĻৌāϞ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąāϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাāϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻŦā§° āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻŽ। āĻŽāĻ āĻŽা-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻ'āĻŽ "āĻāĻি āĻŽোāĻ āϤাāϞৈ āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ" ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিāϝ়ে āĻāϝ়। āĻŦেāϞী āĻŦā§° āĻāϤ্āϤেāĻিāϤ। āϤাāĻ āĻāϝ়, "āĻ '! āĻŦā§° āĻাāϞ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ। āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ো ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧি।")
Word Meaning
āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ
Talking - āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤি āĻĨāĻা
About- āĻŦিāώā§
Holi- āĻĢাঁāĻুā§ąা
Holiday- āĻŦāύ্āϧāĻĻিāύ
Nice- āĻাāϞ
Festival- āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą
Neighbourhood- āĻāĻā§°-āĻুāĻŦুā§°ীā§া
Celebrate- āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°āĻ
Together- āĻāĻেāϞāĻে
Really- āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে
Great- āĻŽāĻšাāύ
About-āĻŦিāώā§
Brightens-āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ
Favourite- āĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়
Everywhere- āϏāĻāϞোāϤে
Curious- āĻৌāϤূāĻšāϞী
Special- āĻŦিāĻļেāώ
Listening- āĻļুāύা
Conversation- āĻāĻĨোāĻĒāĻāĻĨāύ
Eager- āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻšী
Turns- āĻূā§°া
Joyfully- āĻāύāύ্āĻĻেā§°ে
Different- āĻŦেāϞেāĻ
Other- āĻ āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ
Parts- āĻ ংāĻļāϏāĻŽূāĻš
Closely- āύিāĻāĻāĻাā§ąে
Related- āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻিāϤ
From- āĻĒā§°া
Rituals- ā§°ীāϤি-āύীāϤি
Performed- āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻā§°া
Procession- āĻļোāĻাāϝাāϤ্ā§°া
During- āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ
Filled-āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°া
Never- āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āύāĻšāϝ়
Seen- āĻĻেāĻা
Sadly- āĻĻুāĻā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়
Again- āĻāĻৌ
Showers- āĻŦā§°āώুāĻŖ
Excited- āĻāϤ্āϤেāĻিāϤ
Comprehension ( āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻি )
1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
(āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϤ āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।)
a) Who are talking about their holidays?
āĻোāύে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤি āĻāĻে?
Ans: Riddhi, Beli and Arki are talking about their coming holidays for Holi.
( ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧি, āĻŦেāϞি āĻā§°ু āĻā§°্āĻীāϝ়ে āĻšোāϞীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻāĻšিāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻŦāύ্āϧ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻৈāĻāĻে।
b) Who has planned to go to Shillong during the holidays for Holi?
āĻšোāϞীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦāύ্āϧ⧰ āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻোāύে āĻļ্āĻŦিāϞāĻāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻে?
Ans: Riddhi had planned to go to Shillong on holidays for Holi.
(āĻšোāϞিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦāύ্āϧāĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§°āϤ ā§°িāĻĻ্āϧিā§ে āĻļ্āĻŦিāϞāĻāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।)
c) With whom does Arki like to enjoy Holi?
āĻā§°্āĻিāϝ়ে āĻাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻšোāϞী āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়?
Ans: Arki likes to play Holi with his friends.
(āĻā§°্āĻিāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦā§°্āĻā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻšোāϞী āĻেāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়।)
d) For how many days is Doul celebrated in Barpeta?
āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাāϤ āĻিāĻŽাāύ āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻৌāϞ āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়?
Ans: Doul is celebrated in Barpeta for three to five days.
e) What is the air Barpeta filled with during Holi?
āĻšোāϞীā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻা āĻি āĻŦাāϝ়ুā§°ে āĻā§°ি āĻĨাāĻে?
Ans: The wind of Barpeta is filled with Holi songs during this dul festival.
( āĻāĻ āĻĻুāϞ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাā§° āĻŦāϤাāĻš āĻšোāϞী āĻীāϤেā§°ে āĻā§°ি āĻĒā§°ে।)
f) What is performed at night during Holi?
āĻšোāϞীā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ ā§°াāϤি āĻি āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়?
Ans: The night of Holi is served as a pretense.
(āĻšোāϞিā§° āϏāĻŽā§āϤ ā§°াāϤি āĻাāĻāύা āĻĒā§°িā§ąেāĻļāύ āĻā§°া āĻšā§।)
g) What is Suweri?
āĻুā§ąেā§°ী āĻি?
Ans: The last day doul is called suweri.
(āĻļেāώ⧰ āĻĻিāύāĻো āĻĻৌāϞāĻ āĻুā§ąেā§°ী āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা āĻšāϝ়।)
2. Write whether the following statements are true or false.
āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏঁāĻা āύে āĻŽিāĻা āϞিāĻāĻ।
a) Arki is planning to go to Shillong during her holidays for Holi.
āĻā§°্āĻীāϝ়ে āĻšোāϞীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦāύ্āϧ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻļ্āĻŦিāϞংāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻে।
Ans: True (āϏঁāĻা)
b) Doul is celebrated for three to five days in Barpeta .
āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাāϤ āϤিāύিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒাঁāĻ āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻৌāϞ āĻāĻĻāϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়।
Ans: True (āϏঁāĻা)
c) Kirtan Ghar is in Barpeta.
āĻীā§°্āϤāύ āĻā§° āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাāϤ āĻāĻে।
Ans: True (āϏঁāĻা)
d) People of Barpeta play with Phaku during all the days of Holi.
āĻšোāϞীā§° āϏāĻāϞো āĻĻিāύāϤে āĻŦā§°āĻĒেāĻাā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻĢাāĻুā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻেāϞে।
Ans: True (āϏঁāĻা)
Activity 1 (āĻাā§°্āϝāĻāϞাāĻĒ ā§§)
Some naming word are given in the box. Fill in the blank using these words.
āĻŦাāĻāĻāĻোāϤ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āύাāĻŽāĻā§°āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে। āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ।
butcher novelist plumber journalist fishmonger postman greengrocer confectioner poet tailor barber florist āĻāĻাā§°ী āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏিāĻ āĻĒ্āϞাāĻŽ্āĻŦাā§° āϏাংāĻŦাāĻĻিāĻ āĻĢিāĻāĻŽংāĻাā§° āĻĒোāώ্āĻāĻŽেāύ āĻ্ā§°ীāĻŖāĻ্ā§°োāĻাā§° āĻāύāĻĢেāĻāĻāύাā§° āĻāĻŦি āĻĻā§°্āĻী āύাāĻĒিāϤ āĻĢুāϞāĻŦিāϞাāĻ |
a) A fishmonger sells fish.
āĻ) āĻāĻāύ āĻŽাāĻ āĻŦেāĻĒাā§°ীāϝ়ে āĻŽাāĻ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°ে।
b) A tailor stitches clothes.
āĻ) āĻāĻāύ āĻĻā§°্āĻীāϝ়ে āĻাāĻĒোā§° āĻিāϞাāĻ āĻā§°ে।
c) A novelist writes novels.
āĻ) āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏিāĻে āĻāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏ āϞিāĻে।
d) A plumber mends taps and pipes.
āĻ) āĻāĻāύ āĻĒ্āϞাāĻŽ্āĻŦাā§°ে āĻেāĻĒ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাāĻāĻĒ āĻŽেā§°াāĻŽāϤি āĻā§°ে।
e) A journalist for the newspaper.
āĻ) āĻŦাāϤ⧰ি āĻাāĻāϤ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻāύ āϏাংāĻŦাāĻĻিāĻ।
f) A confectioner sells sweet and pastries.
āĻ) āĻŽিāĻ াāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻĒেāώ্āĻ্ā§°ি āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°ে āĻāĻāύ āĻŽিāĻ াāĻ।
g) A greengrocer sells vegetables.
āĻ) āĻāĻāύ āϏেāĻāĻীāϝ়া āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏাāϝ়ীāϝ়ে āĻļাāĻ-āĻĒাāĻāϞি āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°ে।
h) A barber cuts hair.
āĻ) āĻāĻāύ āύাāĻĒিāϤে āĻুāϞি āĻাāĻে।
i) A poet writes poem.
āĻ) āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻāĻŦিāϤা āϞিāĻে।
j) A florist sells flowers.
āĻ) āĻāĻāύ āĻĢুāϞ⧰ āĻĻোāĻাāύীāϝ়ে āĻĢুāϞ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°ে।
k) A butcher sells meat.
āĻ) āĻāĻāύ āĻāϏাāĻāϝ়ে āĻŽাংāϏ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°ী āĻā§°ে।
l) A postman delivers letters.
āĻ ) āĻāĻāύ āĻĄাāĻāĻā§°ীāϝ়াāĻ āĻিāĻ ি āĻĄেāϞিāĻাā§°ী āĻā§°ে।
Question Type By: Priyam Jyoti Patar
Author By: Bikash Bora
Check by - Mukesh Borah