Dhaka, March 31 -- Half a century ago, Eid celebrations in Dhaka were vastly different from what they are today. The Gen Z generation's way of marking the occasion is almost unrecognisable to the Gen X individuals born in the 1960s.

Meanwhile, millennials from the 1990s often experience nostalgia for the traditions of their childhood Eids.

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To comprehend Eid festivities in Dhaka before Pakistan's rule, one must turn to history.

But, those who witnessed Eid from the 1970s onward claim that contemporary celebrations bear little resemblance to the past.

Particularly, there is hardly any similarity between the Eid memories of Gen Z, born in ...