Palmyra Fruit Festival celebrates Bengal's food, culture, and environment
The Palmyra Fruit Festival 2026 was organised by the Environmental Sciences Club and Green Bangle Project of AUW’s Department of Environmental Sciences, in collaboration with the AUW Art Club, at Tale Space, Sun Valley Campus.
A festival celebrating the palmyra palm's connection with Bengal's food traditions, culture, and natural environment was held at the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Chattogram yesterday (24 September).
The Palmyra Fruit Festival 2026 was organised by the Environmental Sciences Club and Green Bangle Project of AUW's Department of Environmental Sciences, in collaboration with the AUW Art Club, at Tale Space, Sun Valley Campus.
AUW Vice Chancellor Dr Sangita Rayamajhi inaugurated the festival, which was hosted by Dr Paulraj Mosae Selvakumar, director of the Environmental Science and Biological Sciences Programme.
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Speaking at the event, Dr Paulraj said, "True friendship is not a quick harvest but a lifetime of standing tall together through the fiercest storms," ending with the message, "Live like the palmyra."
Food was a major attraction, with students and faculty members preparing 26 varieties of palmyra-based dishes, including custard, cake, pitha, halwa, payesh, rosogolla, pickle, idli, and kunafa.
The stall featuring the widest variety of palmyra-based dishes won first prize in the Palmyra Kitchen Creation competition.
The programme also included a Palmyra-themed cake-cutting ceremony, singing and dancing performances, a treasure hunt, the Musical Palmyra game, and a ring-throwing game. T
he organisers said the festival aimed to connect environmental awareness with familiar plants, traditional foods, local knowledge, and cultural practices.
