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Panjabi: Also known as a kurta, is a traditional upper-body garment worn by men in Bengal. It is a long, loose-fitting shirt, typically reaching the knees, and is often made of cotton or silk. It is a long, loose-fitting shirt, typically reaching the knees, and is often made of cotton or silk.
Wooden protima or idol is seen in Indian Museum. The art-making wooden dolls have been an age-old practice in West Bengal and Natungram is one of them. Natungram, a village of West Bengal makes wooden dolls like Gouranga, Krishna, Bor-Bou, Gour-Nitai, owl etc. [38] Gomira masks of North and South Dinajpur in West Bengal are also made of wood ...
Patachitra (or Pattachitra in Odisha) is an old traditional art of Odisha and West Bengal: Area: Raghurajpur, Puri, Danda Sahi, Parlakhemundi, Chikiti, Digapahandi, Sonepur, Dharakote (Odisha) [1] [2] Birbhum, West Midnapore, Nayagram of Pingla block in Jhargram, Bardhaman, Murshidabad district and Kalighat region (West Bengal) [3] [4] Country ...
Baul singers at Shantiniketan. 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.
India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. [1] All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government.
An alpana is usually created on flooring, generally directly on the ground. On this, a wet white pigment made of rice flour and water (or in some places, chalk powder and water) is used to outline the alpana, with the paint being applied by the artist's finger tips, a small twig, or a piece of cotton thread that is soaked in the dye, or fabric. [3]
Dhaniakhali saree (Bengali: ধনিয়াখালি শাড়ি) is a cotton saree made in Dhaniakhali, West Bengal, India. [1] It is a saree with 100 by 100 cotton thread count, borders between 1.5 and 2 inches and six metre long drape.
West Bengal State Handloom Weavers Cooperative Society Limited applied for Geographical indication or GI tag for West Bengal's Tangail saree in 2020. On 2 January 2024, Geographical indication or GI tag under the title "Tangail Saree of Bengal" or Banglar Tangail Sari was issued from the office in Chennai, India. According to the certificate ...