Bangal
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Bangal (
Bengal region
. The areas to the East of the Bramhaputra-Padma river system are traditionally held to be the homeland of the Bangal people.
Overview
Going by the more strict definition, the Bangals are those people whose ancestry is connected to the Eastern Bengal plains of Mymensingh, Dhaka, and Comilla. Further, some opinions exist that among the East Bengal Plains origin people, only people belonging to the more affluent economic groups should be classified as Bangal. Going by this opinion, the designation Bangal has an ethno-geographic as well as a social connotation.
Some of the people from East Bengal, mainly
Mohun Bagan (Ghotis). They also cherish a rivalry through a claim of the supremacy of their respective cuisines and especially river-food delicacies, i. e., Chingri (prawn) for Ghotis and Ilish (hilsa) for Bangals. [citation needed
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See also
References
- ^ Ghoshal, Somak (15 February 2020). "The 'ghoti' versus 'bangal' rivalry in Bengali cinema". mint. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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