Tourism in Bihar
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Culture
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Culture of Bihar Besides usual rural handicrafts like hand-painted wall
hangings, wooden stools, miniatures in paper and leaves, stone pottery,
bamboo, leather goods and appliqué work, Bihar is famous for its Madhubani
paintings. These works of art often adorn city homes and are also exported.
A strict monopoly of women of Mithila, Madhubani artists work with natural
colors on paper and cloth, making works that narrate mythological and
religious events.
Ancient designs in bright colors can still be seen on the mud walls in the
districts of Saharsa, Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Darbhanga, Samastipur, and
Bhagalpur and of course Madhubani the trade centre for this unique art.
Since most of the people are Hindu,traditional festivals like Holi,Saraswati
Puja,Durga Puja or Dussehra,Deepwali and Bhaiya Dooj are all celebrated.But
Chaath dedicated to Sun God is one festival that is unique to the place.The
festival begins on the fourth day of the month of Kartik Shukhla
Paksha(second fortnight of Kartik).This will correspond to late October to
mid November depending on the year.It is one of the holiest festivals for
Biharis and extends to four days. 
Bihar has a very old tradition of beautiful folk songs sung during important
family occasions such as marriage, birth ceremonies. They are sung mainly in
group settings without the help of too many musical instruments though
dholak and occasionally tabla and harmonium are used.
Bihar also has a tradition of lively Holi songs known as Phagua filled with
fun rhythms. During the 19th century when the condition of Bihar worsened
under the British misrule many Biharis had to migrate as apprenticed
labourers to West Indian Islands, Fiji and Mauritius. During this time many
sad plays and songs called Biraha became very popular in the Bhojpur area.
Dramas on that theme continue to be popular in the theatres of Patna.
Theatre is another form in which the Bihari culture expresses itself. Some
forms of theatre with rich traditions are Reshma-Chuharmal, Bihula-Bisahari,
Bahura-GOrin, Raja-Salhesh, Sama-Chakeva and Dom-Kach.These originate in the
Anga area of Bihar.
The state has also produced many Hindi writers like Raja Radhika Raman
Singh,Shiva Pujan Sahay,Divakar Prasad Vidyarthy,Ramdhari Singh Dinkar,Ram
Briksha Benipuri,Phanishwar Nath Renu and Baba Nagarjun.
Bihar is truly colorful state and a great tourist hotspot.
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