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Thursday, November 8, 2018

Typical Bengali

I have seen a typical love for traveling among Bengalis, young and old alike. Another reason is that in West Bengal you get almost a month paid work off during Dura pooja, so after lokhi pooja and before Diwali, many people prefer to plan a trip. And, during Chrismas time as well, a tour or a picnic is a kind of the must. Bengali's do love keeping pets like birds, fish, dogs, and cats.
Their favorite places in India are

  1. Khardung La: world's highest motorable road
  2. Leh, Ladakh: Thiksey Monastery; Nubra valley
  3. Uttranchal or Uttarakhand: Munsyari, Ukhimath (Garhwal)
  4. Himachal Pradesh
    1. Chitkul in Kinnaur village: It is the last inhabited village near Indo-China border. 
    2. Nigen lake
  5. Silk Route Sikkim: Tsongo lake, Gangtok; Aritar lake
  6. Nanital
  7. Thimpu, Bhutan
  8. Kathmandu, Nepal 

There are a few famous festive celebrations in Bengal like
  1. Akshay Tritiya: Buy Gold
  2. Rath Yatra: Papad
  3. Durga Pooja: Food and Pandal hopping
  4. Kali Pooja: No religious ground, but started by Krishna \chandra of Navadvipa.
Bengali Ghosts: Bengali's love to read ghost stories and discuss and talk about it. There are different types of ghosts in Bengali folklore.
  1. Rakkhosh: They feed on Humans and smell the human
  2. Khokkosh: mini-version of Rakkosh
  3. petni: unmarried woman ghost: live on sandpaper fig tree
  4. shankhchuni: a ghost of a married woman living near pond
  5. mambo bhoot: Muslim ghost
  6. skondhokata: beheaded ghost
  7. brahmadaitya: Brahmin ghost
  8. jokkho: curse treasure
  9. pishach: flesh-eating demons
  10. Nishi:Nishir daak
  11. Aleya: fisherman ghost
  12. mecho Bhoot: fish lover ghost



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