From paintings and sculptures to music and dance, Durga Puja sees the best of the city's rich cultural heritage.
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00:00 Kolkata is known for its richness in art and culture.
00:25 Be it music, dance, paintings or sculptures.
00:36 During Durga Puja, the celebration of arts reaches its crescendo all over Bengal.
00:44 There is music in the air.
00:47 It resonates across the city through the pandals and on the streets.
00:52 The one sound that Durga Puja is associated with is that of the dhaak, a percussion instrument
01:09 that resembles the dhol.
01:14 There are many groups of artists who play the dhaaks and are called dhakis.
01:18 They go pandal hopping during Durga Puja and play the beats that reverberate the feeling
01:24 and spirit of celebration.
01:46 And when there is music, there must be dance.
01:59 People sway to the beats of the dhaak and soak themselves in the festivities.
02:16 The pandals in Kolkata are art installations by themselves.
02:23 The sculptures are painstakingly made by various artists.
02:27 There are traditional forms of paintings that are reflected at the pandals too.
02:36 Some even experiment like this pandal made completely with bamboo.
02:45 The artist has given a 3D effect with the placement of the bamboos itself.
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