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• Dances and festivals : Khoria, Jhumar
and Ghoomar are popular dances
among women. Men perform the
dhamal dance and Bhangra. The main
festival of Haryana is Baisakhi though
Diwali and Holi are also celebrated
joyfully.
• Main cities : Gurugram, Karnal,
Panipat, Faridabad, Sonipat and
Bhangra dance
Ambala are its main cities.
are performed at various occasions,
West Bengal
such as marriages, fairs and harvest
festivals. Punjab celebrates the • Location, land and crops : Located in
festivals of Gurupurab, Baisakhi, the eastern India, West Bengal has the
Lohri and Deepawali in a big way. Himalayas in the north and sea in the
south. The land of this state is partly
Haryana
alluvial and partly gravel. The main
• Location, land and crops : Located in
crops are tea, rice and jute. Darjeeling
northern India, Haryana has Himachal
has many tea gardens.
Pradesh in the north and the National
• Climate and rivers : Northern West
Capital Territory of Delhi next to it.
Bengal has a humid climate, while the
• Haryana has fertile land, though only
southern part has a tropical climate.
two rivers – the Yamuna and Ghaggar,
Summers are humid and dry, and
– flow through it. People grow crops
winters are mild. West Bengal receives
like rice, wheat, cotton and sugarcane.
good rainfall. The Bhagirathi and
• Climate and food : Haryana has hot Hooghly are the main rivers of this
summer, cold winters and a rainy state which are a good source of water.
monsoon. People take simple but
• Languages and festivals : People of
healthy food which includes lassi,
this state speak Bangla, Oriya, Nepali,
chaach (butter milk), thick rotis made
Hindi and Urdu languages. The
of bajra and chutney.
festival of Durga Puja is celebrated in a
• Dresses and languages : Women wear big way. Other festivals are Eid,
a ghagra with a short kurti and a Christmas, Rakshabandhan, Diwali
chunri. Men wear dhotis and kurtas and Holi.
with coloured turbans. Languages
• Main cities and tourist attractions :
spoken in Haryana are Haryanvi,
Kolkata, Burdwan, Jalpaiguri and
Punjabi and Hindi.
Darjeeling are its main cities. The
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