Originally posted by: Srijeeta06
I am not sure if you actually belong from West Bengal or have intricately studied about its culture or not.
But Bengali Culture doesn’t exist because of just Bengali Hindus.
It has been shaped over centuries by many communities.
Few examples:-
Bengali literature:- Rabindranath Tagore, BankimChandra etc..
Music, poetry, folk tradition:- Kazi Nazrul Islam, Latin Fakir, then you have music (Baul, Murshidi), and cuisines.
Pala era art, which was a Buddhist art in Bengal and Bihar.
Santals, Persian, Arab, British.
All of them together define Bengali culture.
Not just Bengali Hindus.
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