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Kolkata, India
5 customs and traditions in Kolkata — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
Five days when the city builds hundreds of temporary pavilions, some architecturally extraordinary, and then immerses the idols in the river.
Unhurried, unstructured conversation over tea — a genuine institution rather than a pastime, and the city knows it.
A high-ceilinged room where students and writers have argued for decades over indifferent coffee.
Tea served in unglazed terracotta cups that are smashed after use, which changes how the tea tastes.
A serious, continuous tradition with its own repertory houses, not a tourist performance.
