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  2. Cultural views on the midriff and navel - Wikipedia

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    The navel culture is moderately popular in Bengali industry. Though during the last decade it has been popularised. During the 1990s, actresses like Rituparna Sengupta, Rachana Banerjee, Indrani Halder, etc. started showing off their navels in sarees mostly. Actress Rituparna Sengupta shows her navel during recent times also. Her navel has been ...

  3. Culture of Bengal - Wikipedia

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    Biggest festival of Bengalis, Pohela Boishakh. 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.

  4. Bengal studies - Wikipedia

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    Bengal studies (Bengali: বঙ্গবিদ্যা; Bangabidya) is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the Bengali people, culture, language, literature, and history. The focus of this field, which qualifies as area studies and cultural studies , is on Indic Bengalis who follow an indigenous system of faith and ...

  5. Category:Culture of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Culture of Bangladesh" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Dhunuchi Nritya - Wikipedia

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    Dhunuchi Nritya or Dhunuchi Naach is a Bengali traditional dance. This devotional dance is performed during Hindu puja and aarti ceremonies in Bengal. The dance is seen performed during Durga Puja by devotees, mainly Bengali Hindus. This dance celebrates Goddess Durga's victory over Mahishasura, which incorporates themes of victory and ...

  7. Culture of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The culture of Bangladesh is deeply intertwined with the culture of the Bengal region. Basically, Bengali culture refers to the culture of Bangladesh. The Bengal Renaissance contained the seeds of a nascent political Indian nationalism which was the precursor in many ways to modern Indian artistic cultural expression.

  8. Navel - Wikipedia

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    The navel was exaggerated in size, informed by the belief that the navel symbolized the center where life began. [24] In Arabic-Levantine culture, belly dancing is a popular art form that consists of dance movements focused on the torso and navel. [25] Buddhism and Hinduism refer to the chakra of the navel as the manipura.

  9. Mahishya - Wikipedia

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    Mahishya (IAST: Māhiṣya) is a Bengali Hindu traditionally agrarian caste, [1] [2] and formed the largest caste in undivided Bengal. [3] Mahisyas were, and still are, extremely diverse caste consisting of all possible classes in terms of material conditions and ranks.