With a view to popularize different "Pitha", traditional handmade winter cakes, a festival is now underway in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.

Scores of seasonal Pitha makers are bustling with hundreds of customers at the festival. Responding to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the organizer has moved this year's event from January to February due to safety concerns.

A vendor arranges handmade cakes known as "Pitha" at a stall during a festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Feb. 27, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)

 

A vendor makes handmade cakes known as "Pitha" at a stall during a festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Feb. 27, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)

 

A vendor makes handmade cakes known as "Pitha" at a stall during a festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Feb. 27, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua)

 

Vendors make handmade cakes known as "Pitha" at a stall during a festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Feb. 27, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)