নৌকোঘর "Noukoghar" abode of Bengal Boat

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Friday, January 22, 2010

Boat Model of Kosha

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Boat model made of Board and paper.  Longevity: at least 50 years (you and your next generation can see it as it is) Size: vary fro...
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Monday, January 4, 2010

"Chokh" oculus of Boat: Boat as a living entity.

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Even though boat is nothing but a mere product of man’s handicraft which may always be connected in his collection of inanimate po...
Sunday, January 3, 2010

Kobir er kathamato. "JALOJATRA"

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Journey to 2010

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Monday, December 21, 2009

Khoro Kisti

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Specially meant for carrying straw from Sundarbans to Kolkata propelled by sail and oar. The Khorokisti, a meticulously constructed stra...
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Dingi

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Dingi of Balagarh, Hugli. Balagarh- the commercial boat building centre. 

Salti (Khoro Salti)

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Carry straw in creeks of South Twenty Four Parganas.

Jale Dingi

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Jele Dingi: Fishing boat of the Ganges.
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Sultani

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Sultani: Popularly this boat is known as medinipuri bot (boat of Medinipur). It is used mainly to carry cargo of wide range like sand, b...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Dungi of Subarnarekha

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In Subarnarekha river of Bengal this type of boat is common for fishing. Boat users termed it as Dunga.

Boat Race of Bengal

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Baich : Boat race of Bengal is a popular festival in Bengal. Murshidabad, Nadia, North Twenty Four Parganas and South Twenty Four Pargan...
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Plantain raft

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--> Kalar Bhaela, the plantain raft: three to four plantain trunks are used to construct such type of watercraft, found mainly in K...
Friday, December 4, 2009

Malo Bachhari

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Malo Bachhari, a fishing boat of Sundarbans. Length 28 to 32 haat. Bachhari is the typological variation used by the Malo fishing communit...

Tabure on a Sprit Sail

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Glimpse of Bengal

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Rivers, canals, streams, lakes, bills and other waterbodies form an important source of cheap transportation. This is specially so in We...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Patia

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Patia : admixture of Clinker and reverse clinker technology. Coastal fishing boat. 18 feet minimum length. Striking Feature: Planking t...

"Bali Tolar Nouko" of Balagarh

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Balagarh in Hugli district of West Bengal, a traditional boat building centre. Smooth Skinned, rabbeted and stapled boat build in she...

Float

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Watercraft (Boat): concept development Banana trunk used as float. Snapped in Sundarbans, West Bengal in 2003
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After completion of Master’s degree in anthropology from Calcutta University started research work on Bengal BOAT since 1997. Man-Boat Relationship became the focus of research which was looked from an anthropological perspective through intensive field-based investigation. Did research at Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, Denmark as Guest Research Scholar and also at Centre for Maritime Archaeology, Southampton University, UK. Presently working as Curator of National Maritime Museum of the National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal, Gujarat. Worked with Exeter University, UK as Exeter Associate in a project on Endangered Material Knowledge Programme. Worked with Anthropological Survey of India as Visiting Fellow. Worked as Curator of Maulana Azad Museum, Curatorial Assistant of Indian Museum, Kolkata, Project Coordinator of Cultural Research Institute and Associate Coordinator of South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, New Delhi. Actively took part in the process of development of Heritage Boats of Bengal Gallery in Kolkata, Water Transport Gallery of IIT-Kharagpur and Odisha State Maritime Museum, Cuttack.
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