The living culture of Durga Puja

Temporary architecture built to be walked through — bamboo, cloth and craft, assembled for a fortnight and dismantled after immersion.

The observances of the five days, kept differently by household, community and diaspora committee, and compressed abroad for practical reasons rather than doctrinal ones.

The dhak, the agomoni repertoire, the recital programmes and the sculptors whose year is measured against the festival calendar.

Khichuri is the constant. Everything served beside it changes with the district, the household and the supply chain of the city it is cooked in.

Sholapith, daker saj, cane and bamboo — trades with their own villages and seasons, on which the visible festival entirely depends.

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