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- Title
Geographies of fairs of West Bengal: spatio-temporal and cultural narratives.
- Authors
Bhandary, Bhupal; Behera, Rabi Narayan; Roy, Nayan; Rout, Sasmita
- Abstract
Fairs often speak about the people and their embedded place. As an expressive space, fair mirrors the culture of the community and the emotional bond. The study unravels the fairs of West Bengal, an eastern state of India by exploring the physicality and the culture of a place that are momentous for the origin of fairs and their continuity through the generations. Thus, it is imperative to explore the diversities of fairs both in rural and urban settings of Bengal. Here, we used the available secondary data for entire Bengal to map out the regional patterns of fairs. Categorically, all the fairs were filtered using selected criteria and finally 979 were considered for the study out of 2023 by using Census data. Finding of the study reveals the regional patterns of fairs, which further tells on the spatio-temporal narratives along with the story of the traditionality and urban–rural connection with fairs. Again, the contribution of this paper establishes the linkages among the physical attributes, cultural imprint and fairs.
- Subjects
BENGAL (India); FAIRS; SECONDARY analysis; GEOGRAPHY
- Publication
GeoJournal, 2023, Vol 88, Issue 6, p6011
- ISSN
0343-2521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10708-023-10954-y