DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

JOKA SOUTH KOLKATA

ARNAB NASKAR
CLASS – 11 COM B
SUBJECT- BENGALI
PROJECT
ON
NOON
POEM
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY SPECIAL THANKS OF GRATITUDE TO MY
TEACHER (SHUBENDU SIR) AS WELL AS OUR PRINCIPAL (WRITUPARNA
CHATTERJEE) WHO GAVE ME THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS
WONDERFUL PROJECT ON THE TOPIC (DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LADAKH AND
WEST BENGAL), WHICH ALSO HELPED ME IN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH
AND I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT SO MANY NEW THINGS. I AM REALLY
THANKFUL TO THEM.
SECONDLY I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY PARENTS AND FRIENDS
WHO HELPED ME A LOT IN FINALIZING THIS PROJECT WITHIN THE
LIMITED TIME FRAME.
CULTURAL
DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN
LADAKH
AND
WEST
 INTRODUCTION
THE CULTURE OF LADAKH REFERS TO THE TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS, BELIEF SYSTEMS,
POLITICAL SYSTEMS THAT ARE FOLLOWED BY LADAKHI PEOPLE IN INDIA. THE
LANGUAGES, RELIGIONS, DANCE, MUSIC, ARCHITECTURE, FOOD, AND CUSTOMS OF
THE LADAKH REGION ARE SIMILAR TO NEIGHBORING TIBET.
THE CULTURE OF WEST BENGAL IS AN INDIAN CULTURE WHICH HAS ITS ROOTS IN
THE 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.
 RELIGION
WEST BENGAL
RELIGION WISE, HINDUISM IS THE MAJOR
RELIGION IN WEST BENGAL WITH 70.5%,
FOLLOWED BY MUSLIM WITH 27%.
CHRISTIAN AND BUDDHISM WITH 0.72% AND
0.31%. MORE THAN 1.1 MILLION ARE
OTHERS AND NOT STATED RELIGION. THE
MUSLIM POPULATION OF WEST BENGAL IS
24.6 MILLION IS THE SECOND LARGEST
AFTER HINDU RELIGION OF 64.3 MILLION .
LADAKH
THE PREDOMINANT RELIGION IN LADAKH FLAUNTS A
VERY BEAUTIFUL AND HARMONIOUS FORM OF TIBETAN
BUDDHISM THAT WILL SURELY MAKE ITS WAY INTO
YOUR HEART, ALTHOUGH ISLAMIC INFLUENCES ARE
FOUND FROM THE KASHMIR VALLEY, THE MAJOR
RELIGION OF LADAKH IS BUDHISM AND MORE THAN
77% POPULATION OF LADAKH IS BHDDHIST FOLLOWED
BY MUSLIM POPULATION AROUND 14%. PRIOR TO
ISLAM, HINDUISM DOMINATED KASHMIR AND THERE
ARE 8% HINDUS TOO IN LADAKH
...
 FOOD
WEST BENGAL
WEST BENGAL CAN BE A PILGRIMAGE FOR FOOD
LOVERS. GASTRONOMY HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN A
MAJOR INFLUENCE ON THE BENGALI LIFESTYLE
AND A LOT OF EMPHASIS IS ACCORDED TO ITS
PRESENCE IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE SOCIETY. IT IS
FONDLY SAID THAT A BENGALI LIVES TO EAT! ONE
CAN ENJOY TRADITIONAL LOCAL FOOD ALONG
WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER CUISINES WHICH HAVE
INFLUENCED BENGALI TASTE BUDS OVER THE
YEARS.
LADAKH
THE STAPLE FOOD OF LADAKHI PEOPLE ARE SKU AND
THUKPA (MADE OF WHEAT FLOUR), PAVA (MADE OF
SATTU) AND KHAMBIR (LOCAL BREAD).
TOURISTS CAN TRY LADAKHI FOOD THAT IS RICH IN
FLAVOR AND IT INCLUDES THUKPA WHICH IS A THICK
SOUP THAT IS PREPARED WITH VEGETABLES. MOMOS ARE
STUFFED WITH MEAT OR VEGETABLES AND SERVED WITH
CHILLI SAUCE. LADAKH HAS MANY BAKERIES THAT SERVE
FRESHLY BAKED BREAD AND TOURIST CAN RELISH IT
WITH APRICOT JAM.
 MUSIC AND DANCE
WEST BENGAL
THE MUSIC OF WEST BENGAL INCLUDES MULTIPLE
INDIGENOUS MUSICAL GENRES SUCH AS BAUL,
RAMPRASADI, BISHNUPURI CLASSICAL, KIRTAN, SHYAMA
SANGEET, RABINDRA SANGEET, NAZRUL GEETI
ETC.BENGAL, A LAND OF FECUNDITY AND PROSPERITY
EMBRACES ALL WITHIN HER FOLD. THE VARIED HUES OF
HER RICH CULTURE COLOUR HER SONGS, MUSIC AND
LITERATURE. THE NUMEROUS TRIBES AND ETHNIC GROUPS
OF BENGAL HAVE THEIR OWN DISTINCTIVE FOLK ARTS, AS
VARIED AND BEAUTIFUL AS THE TRIBES THEMSELVES.
LADAKH
MUSIC OF LADAKH REFLECTS A RICH
MUSICAL HERITAGE AND CULTURAL
LEGACY OF LADAKH. LADAKHI MUSIC IS
SIMILAR TO THE MUSIC OF TIBET. LADAKH IS
ALSO CALLED MINI TIBET.THE POPULAR
DANCES IN LADAKH INCLUDE THE KHATOK
CHENMO WHICH IS HEADED BY AN
RESPECTABLE FAMILY MEMBER, SHONDOL.
 FESTIVALS
WEST BENGAL
WEST BENGAL IS A LAND OF FESTIVALS. THERE IS A
POPULAR SAYING IN BENGALI ‘‘BARO MASE TERO
PARBAN’: IT LITERALLY MEANS THIRTEEN
FESTIVALS IN TWELVE MONTHS. ALMOST ALL
FESTIVALS OF ALL RELIGIONS ARE CELEBRATED
HERE WITH EQUAL RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT AND
FERVOR. THE PEOPLE OF WEST BENGAL STRIVE
HARD TO MAINTAIN THE TRADITION AND CULTURE
OF ITS LAND IN THE FESTIVALS THEY CELEBRATE.
LADAKH
CELEBRATED WITH GREAT FERVOUR EVERY YEAR, THE
FESTIVALS OF LADAKH ARE USUALLY HELD IN THE
COURTYARD OF BUDDHIST MONASTERIES. MONKS
WEARING COLOURFUL ROBES AND FRIGHTFUL MASKS
PERFORM CHAM (SACRED MASK DANCES). THESE CHAM
REPRESENT THE PURIFICATION OF MIND AND ALSO THE
TRIUMPH OF GOOD OVER EVIL. THE FESTIVALS ARE AN
IMPORTANT PART OF LADAKH’S CULTURAL LIFE.
PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD, FROM ALL PARTS OF LADAKH
ATTEND THESE MONASTIC FESTIVALS.
FAMOUS FESTIVALS, FOODS OF WEST BENGAL
FAMOUS FOODS AND FESTIVALS OF LADAKH