Tillage

Division of Labor by Gender

Castes

Classes

Child Care

Comparative Evidence

Ethos

Theological Systems

Glossary

Inheritance

Gender Status

Legal Norms

Status, Role, and Prestige

Accumulation of Wealth

Organization and Analysis of Results

Structures

Community Heads

Community Councils

Territorial Hierarchy

Provinces

Judicial Authority

Residence

Composition of Population

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Religious Denominations

Bibliographies in Sources

Fishing

Domesticated Animals

Dwellings

Grounds

Regulation of Marriage

Arranging a Marriage

Material Not Relevant

Household

Extended Families

Real Property

Form and Rules of Government

Revolution

Identification

Location

Linguistic Identification

Phonology

5310

Verbal Arts

Organized Ceremonial

5311

Visual Arts

Kinship Terminology

Cereal Agriculture

Textile Agriculture

Internal Trade

Wholesale Marketing

Retail Marketing

Water Transport

Political Parties

Community Structure

Occupational Specialization

Labor Supply and Employment

History

External Relations

Settlement Patterns

Transmission of Cultural Norms

Education System

Population

External Migration

Speech

Climate

Topography and Geology

Secondary Marriages

Polygamy

Priesthood

Burial Practices and Funerals

Cosmology

Eschatology

Music

Dance

Musical and Theatrical Productions

Motion Picture Industry

Hospitals and Clinics

Medical Therapy

Medical Personnel

Reviews and Critiques

Ingroup Antagonisms

General Character of Religion

Police

Inter-Community Relations

Towns

CULTURE SUMMARY: BENGALI

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The Bengali people speak the Bengali language, live in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent in both Bangladesh and India (West Bengal). The Bengali language belongs to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European family. Most Bengali live in rural areas and most engage in agriculture, wet rice being the staple. Specialized artisan caste groups (weavers, potters, blacksmiths, and carpenters) provide non-agricultural goods throughout the Bengal region. Urban Bengali elite culture has produced one of South Asia's finest literary traditions and some of India's best classical musicians and greatest exponents of the dance have been Bengalis.

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