The traditional Tal Pitha Festival (palmyra cake festival) ended in Ghughudanga of Niamatpur Upazila of Naogaon on Sunday amid much enthusiasm.
The three-day event beside the three-kilometre Tal Road drew a huge crowd this year.
Local people have organized the fair at Dharabahkita beside the scenic road for the fourth time this year, aiming to promote the area as a tourist spot.
The Upazila Parishad and local administration organized this festival, where a cultural show dazzled the rural crowd all three days.
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar officially inaugurated the fair at 3pm on Friday.
The Ghughudanga Tal Road connects Kapashtia Bazar with Niamatpur Upazila Sadar via Mahadevpur, Chhatra and Shibpur areas.
The organizers said that this time more than half a hundred organizations and institutions from different areas have participated in the festival. Various cakes and pies were served and sold during the three-day event. They included
Jamai Pitha, Taksheer, Pakan, Puli, Kanmuchuri, Hridyaharan and Jhinuk Pitha.
The price of each cake ranged between Tk10 and Tk50.
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumdar said in the 1980s he had planted palm trees on this road. Now there is a different kind of calm in the area because of these trees.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Imtiaz Morshed, among others, was present.