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Dooars Jungle Market Opens: From Boroli Fish to Handcrafted Sarees, a New Tourist Attraction!
- •A new 'Dooars Sonajhuri' market, modeled after Shantiniketan's Sonajhuri Haat, has opened in Jaldapara, offering a new attraction for tourists.
- •The market aims to showcase North Bengal's local culture, traditions, and folk lifestyle within a dense jungle environment.
- •Starting with 30 stalls, the market features handmade jewelry, saris, shawls, local Nunia rice, honey, and various agricultural and rural products.
- •Tourists can enjoy unique Dooars flavors, including pithas, payesh made by local women, and dishes featuring the famous Boroli fish from the Torsa and Teesta rivers.
- •This initiative also seeks to empower local women by providing a platform for their handmade goods and local products, creating new income opportunities.
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Modeled after Shantiniketan's Sonajhuri Haat, the new market in Jaldapara, Dooars, aims to showcase the local culture, traditions, and folk lifestyle of North Bengal in a dense Sal forest environment. It also seeks to empower local women and make them financially self-reliant by selling their handmade goods directly to tourists.
The market offers various regional delicacies, including pithas and payesh made by local women, traditional fish dishes, and dishes featuring the famous Boroli fish from the Torsa and Teesta rivers. Visitors can also purchase local Nunia rice, honey, handmade jewelry, saris, shawls, and wooden wildlife models.
According to the Eastern Dooars Tourism Association, the market will successfully introduce tourists to the rich culture and unique local flavors of Dooars while simultaneously generating vital new income opportunities for local residents and women.
