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
Their favorite places in India are
- Khardung La: world's highest motorable road
- Leh, Ladakh: Thiksey Monastery; Nubra valley
- Uttranchal or Uttarakhand: Munsyari, Ukhimath (Garhwal)
- Himachal Pradesh
- Chitkul in Kinnaur village: It is the last inhabited village near Indo-China border.
- Nigen lake
- Silk Route Sikkim: Tsongo lake, Gangtok; Aritar lake
- Nanital
- Thimpu, Bhutan
- Kathmandu, Nepal
There are a few famous festive celebrations in Bengal like
- Akshay Tritiya: Buy Gold
- Rath Yatra: Papad
- Durga Pooja: Food and Pandal hopping
- 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.
- Rakkhosh: They feed on Humans and smell the human
- Khokkosh: mini-version of Rakkosh
- petni: unmarried woman ghost: live on sandpaper fig tree
- shankhchuni: a ghost of a married woman living near pond
- mambo bhoot: Muslim ghost
- skondhokata: beheaded ghost
- brahmadaitya: Brahmin ghost
- jokkho: curse treasure
- pishach: flesh-eating demons
- Nishi:Nishir daak
- Aleya: fisherman ghost
- mecho Bhoot: fish lover ghost
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