Mezban
Social festival of Chittagong, Bangladesh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mezban (Bengali: মেজবান), locally known as Mejjan (Chittagonian Bengali:মেজ্জান) is a popular social festival held in the Chittagong region by Bengali Muslims of Bangladesh.[1] Historically Mezban is a traditional regional Bengali feast and by people's recommendation nowadays it sufficiently also means that it's a special kind of recipe which includes the regional tradition specifically but primarily this denotes both the traditional feast and the materializing food that serves the famous Mezbani meal consisting of steamed white rice and hot beef, usually along with other dishes like 'chonar daal' or curry of mung bean and beef fat chunks, 'nolar kanzi' or beef bone marrow soup, and the kala bhuna or dried beef with onions. The feast is held on occasions such as death anniversary, birth anniversary, launching of a new business, the birth of a child, marriage, aqiqah and circumcision, and ear piercing of girls among others.[1][2] The invitation of the Mezban ceremony generally remains open for all and various people to different places and neighborhoods convey the invitation for the feast. The invitation cards are printed and distributed among the guests only in urban areas. Usually, the consumption of food at Mezbani takes place from morning to afternoon.[1]