Culture of West Bengal

            The culture of West Bengal is an Indian Culture which has its roots in the Bengali literature, music, fine arts, drama and cinema. People of West Bengal share their cultural heritage with the neighbouring Bangladesh (erstwhile known as East Bengal). West Bengal and Bangladesh together form the historical and geographical region of Bengal, with common linguistic and ethnic backgrounds. Besides the common cultural characteristics, different geographic regions of West Bengal have subtle as well as more pronounced variations between each other, with Darjeeling Himalayan hill region showing particularly different cultural aspect.
Wet Bengal's capital Kolkata—as the former capital of India—was the birthplace of modern Indian literary and artistic thought, and is referred to as the "cultural [or literary] capital of India" The presence of paras, which are neighbourhoods that possess a strong sense of community, is characteristic of West Bengal.Typically, each para has its own community club and, on occasion, a playing field.Residents engage in addas, or leisurely chats, that often take the form of freestyle intellectual conversation.West Bengal has a long tradition of popular literature, music and drama largely based on Bengali folklore and Hindu epics and.

• 1 Para, Adda, and club culture
• 2 Literature
• 3 Theater and films
• 4 Music and dance
• 5 Attire
• 6 Cuisine
• 7 Festivals
• 8 Culture of Darjeeling Himalayan hill region
• 9 References