 How do you say happy Dirk-a-Pooja? Just like that. I can speak Bengali. Thinking Chocolate Those were their desert Welcome back to our Stupid Diversity News Up Global I'm Rick eigenph Municipale This is a ground juicy COVID n' rotates He's Jim FIRST It's also an old person who used to dance, links in the description below. Happy Dirkapooja. Yes. Or it is in process as we speak. The other way you say it, I think Dirkapooja is specifically for Northern. I know it's obviously in Bengal, but they say that it's called something different. In other places, at least. Yeah, it is. But we're doing a little video for it. Awesome. This is called visiting a 20-core panel. Oh. Panel. Panel. Yeah. In Calcutta during Dirkapooja. Sweet. Which, and Johnny told me, they have built the pandals. Just you can't, nobody knows yet. So it's not a panel, it's a pandal. Pandal, Seattle. And they've been building them this year, because of COVID. But they're not gonna let people go in. Okay, tested hosts Satya Manakshi, take you on a tour around Calcutta to show you how Dirkapooja is celebrated. We know Rick wanted to be in Calcutta during Dirkapooja this year, this is true. But we hope this at least gives him a feel of what it would have been like. The pandals you see are made in less than four months, and they're taken down after the 10-day festivities. The funds for these pandals come from local contributions, advertisement, and sponsors. Note, video has been edited down to 13 minutes if there are weird cuts, blame Rohan. True. Yeah. And yeah, I did. So next year, next year, Dirkapooja. No, there'll be another pandemic. No, stop, you said that before. We, before this pandemic started, you said we need another plague. It's true. Um, it's true. Just do me a favor. Anyways, here we go. People have always asked me in my life when you come to Calcutta, when you come to Calcutta, and if you do come to Calcutta, you have to come during Dirkapooja. That's absolutely right, guys. Because the cities all decked up with lights all over, street food, and the whole community get together. And the most important part is the Dirkama in the pandals. And that's why we're in Calcutta today during Mahashtami to celebrate and experience Durga Pooja in Kolkata for the first time, man. I'm very excited. I'm very, very excited. Mahashtami is here today, so we should change our clothes. We won't go like this. That's true. So let's go there. Let's go. So we're going right now to Desho... Desho Priyopark. Desho Priyopark, which is one of the most important pandals. It's one of the most famous in Calcutta. A few years ago, they made the biggest statue here of Durga Pooja. And yeah, I've heard that they created a lot of buzz and people were coming from far away to see what the biggest statue looks like. The biggest Durga Pooja. This is my first pandal. This is my first pandal. Yes. Wow! You know, Durga Pooja is basically a house concept. Yes, absolutely. So it's for the locals. Yes, it's for the locals. Yes. But one day, what happened? One year, what happened? There were 12 such people who weren't allowed to come to the Pooja. They said that they weren't allowed to come to the Pooja. So they said, okay, leave it. We'll do our own Pooja. And this is for the public. Okay. So 12 to 12 times started and 12 times means for the public. For the public. So everybody can come to the Pooja. So that is where 12 times Pooja started from. Since 12 times Pooja started, they've used different kinds of designs on chals and chalas. We've depicted that only this style. Okay. In the world's biggest chala. In life, I've seen pandals in a video, in a film, in a story. And I've seen the pandals inside. Honestly, I've seen the ideas of pandals. But I'm really excited that it's your reaction. It's your first time. I think it's the first time I'm using that word in the right context. And now, the crowd is coming over there. You have to talk a little louder because you can't hear the sound. Thank you so much. I haven't seen anything like this in years. It feels like you're going to Chondhya. It feels like you're in a high stop. I can't stop looking. I'm feeling different energy here. This is the traditional representation of the Kultima. This is how she has been looked upon. Okay. So this is also the one. It's the belly of the bamboo. It's the belly of the bamboo. Then it's super strong. Then we use clay. And what does the artist do? The artist here is Prodigal Robal. There means obviously, you know, you have to paint the eyes. The paint the eyes. It's so beautiful. Wow. It's so beautiful. I like it. Like, there's a Nandama right in his eyes. You can see the details. Wow. It's a violent thing. And this is what I've done. It's new every year. So that creation is made in God. It's like an art exhibit. Yes. So what we are going to do is, we are going to dance to Dhaan. All right. We're going to play. And I'm going to show you how to dance. You have to, you know, put your legs to it. So Abhishek is going to dance to Dhaan right now. You want to dance to Dhaan? Yeah. I would love to. What a start. What a start. I was thinking, I mean, it's fun. I can't even start hopping gates. Woo. What? I don't know. It's a Kochi Pathar roll. It's a roll made with tender meat, tender mutton. Let's do this, brother. You know, I love the mutton. You know, it's a bit different from other festivals. It's different from festivals. It's like a different festival. It's like a different festival. It's like a different festival. Yeah. And here, you get fish, mutton, chicken. That's true. It's very different from the main. We're at the same time. But it's a completely different perception. Here. Here's a bit of sweet. Yes, brother. Bro, I told you. Check it out. It's a paratha roll. Yeah. But this is a mutton roll. Check it out. I'll take the first bite. Okay, Abhishek. Okay. Yes. I told you the first bite. It's a paratha roll. It's very yummy. It's a paratha roll. Right now, it's 10-20. But it's so low. It's so low behind us. 10-20. They're just kind of started. I liked it. The police are doing a beautiful job here. They'll put a bet to, like, 2 in the morning. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. We're going to Mudiali's club where they put up a panel. Yeah. And this is the club. It's a very old club. And I can't wait to see what they have here. But one thing about Calcutta is that there are a lot of small and big panels here. There are a lot of panels everywhere. A lot of panels. And now we're going to the whole lane. Dude, I can't see anything. Where are the people? They're just looking at us. Yo! Yo! That's why the panels can't be opened. We're here walking in the middle of 40 minutes. And of Shaiad. Shaiad, that's the name of Bonjai. Wow! Oh my! Are you sure? Dang! That's inside. That's inside. It is both in the way. It's both in the way. It's all created, like, on the street. Just... That is, like, just... When that's taken down, it's just the street. It's a road. That's a road. There was nothing there before. No! Look at the views. Wow! It's it. Enjoy it. No. 40 minutes for... That couch shelf. Like, in the morning, they blow the couch shelves during that. I'm in love with it. What about you? Totally. I've never seen anything like this before. I've seen a lot of themes and panels that are different from the ones we see in Odisha. But the level here is very different. Very different. What is different? The scale. The scale in which you make it. Whether it's height, or design, or colors, or it's very different. Yeah. Yeah. So, basically, now it's a new day in Kolkata. It's a new day. And right now, we are in front of a panel that sounds like a... Delhi sweet shop. It's name is... It's called... Evergreen. Look at the size of that. That's just going to be taken down. That's just going to be taken down. That's just going to be taken down. That whole thing was just built for it. That. That. That. That's a panel. That's a panel. That's just going to be taken down. That's just going to be taken down. It's like how it is in a temple. And it has something like a temple or something. And compared to the other bead, it actually looks like a very thick one. It's like my beautiful one. Let's go. But I'm loving it. Look at that first panel. It looks like a beautiful one. But what's amazing is what they look like in September. If you see them in September, when I got to see them, when the first time I went to visit Andrani, it just looks like bamboo and wood and mud. With some of the structure. And some of the design. It's like a temple. And then it's like a temple. There's a temple and a temple inside. I heard that there's a temple inside a Himachal temple. And it's designed like this. It's exactly the same. This is one of the smaller panels that we built. But it's like a temple's place. But I love it. In every panel, if you ask for a different interpretation, this is similar to the first one. But it's very different from Baligand. This is the one. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. There are at least 10 panels. There are 10 panels. The panels that we just saw, were all from Kolkata. Now we are at North Kolkata, which has a very different vibe. That's why North Kolkata, where you see the most anticipated panels of 2019. Which is Satosh Mitra Square's panel. I heard that this panel is made of 50 kilos of gold. 50 kilos of gold and it worths 20 crores. 20 crores. How tall is it? I think it's 13 feet tall. If I'm not wrong, that's what I read. It's right in front of us. It's right in front of us. It looks very beautiful. Let's go ahead. Yes, let's go ahead. Let's go ahead. No, you go ahead. You go ahead. Okay, yes. Oh, okay. There's a lot of videos. There's a madness here. It's quite scary. You heard it. You didn't hear anything. There's a lot of gold here. It's just a little bit. Okay, okay. We have to shoot here. They just can't do justice to how pretty they are. You can do this. You can do this. You can do this. You can do this. It's top-notch. For a second, we saw 50 kilos of gold. How do you like it? I like it. I don't know how much gold is in the decorations. It looks very nice. I would love to have had more time here. Dang, that looks like my nightmare. The Morty is made with gold. It has been decorated by different different dwellers. Yeah, and they'll take it back. They take it back after the research. Yeah. But for me, the Morty in which Anath looks so powerful, the makeup is so powerful, it's more important for me. I know. And I think the feel, the last few pandems, I didn't have that feeling of peace, a beauty, a peace. Even in the other pandems, where we were being pushed in the glass, I didn't have that feeling with it. Let's start with the 10th. So, today is the last day of the 10th day of the celebration, where the Morty comes to the house. They do the research. And right now, we are at Shobha Bazaar and we are going to Rajabadi. I think the family of Srishti is doing a lot of fun here. It's a very, very cool house apparently. And we are going to get a little intimate access to this place. And now, the 10th day, how do they celebrate? And the research is also going on. Yeah, yeah, of course, So, this is the one last time, this year, the whole family is taking pictures. Yes, the idols, yeah. The family members came to pray last time, seeing people touching feet and idols. Beautiful evening. I think it's a beautiful way to say Bye. When we started this journey, I thought that I know, I know that Durga Pooja is celebrated in India. When we came to Calcutta, I got to know that the scale here is different. The celebration here is very different. And I was surprised that I had never seen anything like this before. I have always read about Durga Pooja, watched a lot of videos and all, but I understood one thing, that until you come here, you will never understand it. I have lost a lot of energy, but the kind of energy that I have felt in this whole experience is something that I could never, ever imagine. And I am extremely grateful and I feel extremely blessed that I got this kind of an opportunity. And I would say, Durga Pooja, I couldn't cover a lot of jumps. For even if this video was for three hours or four hours, we definitely missed something still. I could not capture the entire, the entire vibe over Durga Pooja, but I hope we could do a basic job of spreading to you all our experiences. And the last thing we want to say, Asche Varsha, Abar Hovey. Asche Varsha Abar Hovey. So this means that next year this celebration will be held again. So if you like this video, don't forget to like, share, comment, share and subscribe. Sub by Corbin's mom. Wow. I didn't realize they were that massive. Yeah. Dang. And I, you know, I say, yeah, because I've seen them like in that, in Durga Pooja of 2019, she, and Johnny was giving me live video while she was walking through the panels and showing me and taking videos where she was in those moments. Way too many people. I was, yeah, you probably not enjoy it at all. But when I was there, my first trip, which was the September prior, they were setting things up. And there's just no way you would think that what you're seeing in September is what happens in October. Yeah. You're missing being the Calcutta. Is it K or C? Massively. It's currently spelled with a K. It was changed. It was originally Calcutta, C-A-L-C-U-T-T-A. But it's now Calcutta, K-O-L. What? The Brits. Oh. Just like Mumbai was Bombay. And they changed it to Mumbai. But the Bengalis, they don't. It's interchangeable. You see it all over the place. You see the C-A-L spelling. You see the K-O-L scent spelling. They'll pronounce it Kulkata or Calcutta. It's kind of like yin and yang. Well, to all your Bengali babies or anybody celebrating Durga Pooja. Is there a certain saying? Happy Durga Pooja. Happy Durga Pooja. Kulkata Chowder.