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The culture of West Bengal is an Indian culture which has its roots in Bengali literature, music, fine arts, drama and cinema. Different geographic regions of West Bengal have subtle as well as more pronounced variations between each other, with Darjeeling Himalayan hill region and Duars showing particularly different socio-cultural aspects ...
The term Bengali is generally used to refer to someone whose linguistic, cultural or ancestral origins are from Bengal. The Indo-Aryan Bengalis are ethnically differentiated from the non-Indo-Aryan tribes inhabiting Bengal. Their ethnonym, Bangali, along with the native name of the Bengali language and Bengal region, Bangla, are both derived ...
Culture of Bengal. The culture of Bengal defines the cultural heritage of the Bengali people native to eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, mainly what is today Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura, where they form the dominant ethnolinguistic group and the Bengali language is the official and primary language.
In India, Bengali is one of the 23 official languages. [ 51] It is the official language of the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and in Barak Valley of Assam. [ 52][ 53] Bengali has been a second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011.
^ The Province of Bengal was split into two states i.e. West Bengal and East Bengal (present-day Bangladesh) by the Indian Independence Act 1947 [11] †† Partition of Bengal (1947) West Bengal ( / b ɛ n ˈ ɡ ɔː l / , Bengali : Poshchim Bongo , pronounced [ˈpoʃtʃim ˈbɔŋɡo] ⓘ , abbr. WB ) is a state in the eastern portion of India .
Tant sari is a traditional Bengali sari, originating from the Bengal region in the eastern part and usually used by Bengali women. Tant sari are woven from cotton threads and distinguished by its lightness and transparency. It is considered to be the most comfortable sari for the hot and humid climate in the Indian subcontinent.
The cultural folk dance is mostly related with seasons, sowing of seeds, rains, harvesting in West Bengal. It is celebrated with a lot of ardor by village folks, especially the farming community. Gombhira dance of Malda district is associated with mythology. Tushu dance, Nabanna dance, Nnoila broto etc. are also related with farming.
Patachitra or Pattachitra is a general term for traditional, cloth-based scroll painting, [ 5] based in the eastern Indian states of Odisha, [ 6][ 7] West Bengal [ 8] and parts of Bangladesh. Patachitra artform is known for its intricate details as well as mythological narratives and folktales inscribed in it.