TY - BOOK AU - Mitra,A ED - Govt. of West Bengal. Development Department TI - Fairs and Festivals in West Bengal U1 - 5414 SD:394.26 PY - 1953/// CY - Alipore, West Bengal PB - West Bengal Goverment Press, KW - India--West Bengal KW - Fairs KW - Festivals KW - Manners and customs N1 - 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 UR - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiPnu6a986AAxUmUGwGHUy6CGAQFnoECA4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcensusindia.gov.in%2Fnada%2Findex.php%2Fcatalog%2F28589%2Fdownload%2F31771%2F24251_1951_FRI.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1247BxFWal8EywZkOXDeHC&opi=89978449 ER -