Cuckoo Clock
ভারতীয় কোকিল ঘড়ি
Bengali Durga Folk Dance Style Cuckoo Clock.
Inspired by the Bengali culture of folk dances, I chose to depict the Durga Puja Festival and stylized a clock accordingly.
Below are detailed descriptions of the primary elements and props.
Durga Pandal.
Durga Pooja, also known as Durgotsava or Sharodotsava, is an annual Hindu festival originating in the Indian subcontinent which reveres and pays homage to the Hindu goddess Durga and is also celebrated because of Durga's victory over Mahishasur. The puja is performed in homes and in public, the latter featuring a temporary stage and structural decorations (known as pandals).
Masked performer as Shiva
Performer of Chhau Dance of West Bengal, Kolkata.
Masked performer as Durga
Performer of Chhau Dance of West Bengal, Kolkata.
Masked performer as Demon
Performer of Chhau Dance of West Bengal, Kolkata.
The Dhaki Player
Dhakis (Bengali: ঢাকি) are traditional drummers who play the dhak (drum) during Hindu festivals, primarily in Bengal. Drum beats are an integral part of the five-day-long annual festivities associated with Durga Puja.
White-throated kingfisher and traditional Bengali ladies with Dhunachi.
The famous bird of Bengal and the ladies wearing traditional Bengali attire doing dhunachi dance which is a Bengali incense burner used for one of the stages during aarti, or ritualized dance worship.