Navabarsha (mid-April)

Nawa Varsa or Maithils (Mithila) new year is celebrated every year with great enthusiasm. This great according to the officially recognized Vikrama Era fall on the first day of the first month the Maithils year (Baishakh) Which corresponds to mid April around. As elsewhere, the New Year is observed by exchange of greetings, singing and dancing.
For the people in Mithila however it is more then this. They celebrate this occasion as beginning of hot days by putting cold water in head by elders, and then playing with water.