Fairs and Festivals in West Bengal
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- 5414 SD:394.26 M684
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The scholar will find in these lists much to excite his curiosity. First, they show what an extensive network of seasonal and perennial markets village fairs still provide to native craftsmanship and industry. Secondly. they help to connect economic streams with social and religious movements. Thirdly, they suggest how a succession of small fairs in a time series culminate in a very big fair, almost always in the heart of a particular area, and how this big event gradually subsided through another time series of small fairs, so that an endless cycle of trade, social and religious intercourse was kept in motion.
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