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thumb|Mezbani food being served to the guests. Mezban (), locally known as Mejjan () is a popular festival held in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Historically Mezban is a traditional regional Bengali feast and nowadays refers to both the regional tradition and the feast that results in common usage. 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.

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thumb|Mezbani food being served to the guests. Mezban (), locally known as Mejjan () is a popular festival held in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Historically Mezban is a traditional regional Bengali feast and nowadays refers to both the regional tradition and the feast that results in common usage. 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.

==Etymology and history== Another name for the festival is Mejjan. The word "Mezban" is ultimately of Persian origin and means host.

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