Cosa c'è in programma a Calcutta (India) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — International Kolkata Book Fair, Park Street at Christmas

• Festival

  International Kolkata Book Fair

  20 gen – 8 feb · di solitoFestival delle artiAffollato

  A fortnight on the Salt Lake ground that draws crowds a book fair has no business drawing, plus food stalls and evening music. The metro out to it is standing room after six. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Park Street at Christmas (18 dic – 1 gen)

Folla al massimo — International Kolkata Book Fair, Holi

• Festival

  Holi

  25 feb – 25 mar · di solitoFesta religiosaAffollatoChiusure

  Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India. On the main morning people fill the streets throwing coloured powder and water, visitors included, and many shops and restaurants stay shut until the afternoon. Wear old clothes, protect eyes and cameras, and expect some rowdy crowds. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: International Kolkata Book Fair (20 gen – 8 feb (di solito))

Affollato — Holi, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Rischio

  Kalbaisakhi storm season

  20 mar – 20 mag · di solito

  Late-afternoon squall lines come out of the northwest through the hot months, drop the temperature in minutes and take trees and hoardings down with them. Flights hold; the city rather enjoys them. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Holi (25 feb – 25 mar (di solito))

Affollato — Summer vacation (Kerala / far south) in India, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Kalbaisakhi storm season (20 mar – 20 mag (di solito))

Affollato — Summer vacation (north & east) in India

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Kalbaisakhi storm season (20 mar – 20 mag (di solito))

Affollato — Summer vacation (north & east) in India, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  Monsoon and waterlogging

  10 giu – 25 set · di solitoRischio

  The rain arrives in the second week of June and the low-lying parts of the city stand in water for hours after a heavy morning, because the drains empty into a river that is itself in flood.

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 5 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In luglio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Monsoon and waterlogging (10 giu – 25 set (di solito))

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Monsoon and waterlogging (10 giu – 25 set (di solito))

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

• Festival

  Durga Puja

  16–21 ottFesta religiosaAffollatoChiusure

  The one week of the year the city stops working and walks all night between commissioned pandals, some of them serious art. Hotels and trains are booked out months ahead and the traffic plan changes daily. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Monsoon and waterlogging (10 giu – 25 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Durga Puja, Autumn break (Dussehra / Diwali) in India

• Festival

  Kali Puja and Diwali

  8–9 novAffollatoRischio

  Bengal's own version comes three weeks after Durga Puja: night-long pujas, lit courtyards, and firecrackers that put the air into its worst readings of the year for two days. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Durga Puja (16–21 ott)

Folla al massimo — Kali Puja and Diwali, Kolkata International Film Festival

• Festival

  Kolkata International Film Festival

  25 nov – 20 dic · di solitoAffollato

  A week of screenings around Nandan and the Rabindra Sadan complex, mostly free or nearly so, with queues that form before the box office opens. Dates are announced late each year. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Kali Puja and Diwali (8–9 nov)

Folla al massimo — Kolkata International Film Festival, Park Street at Christmas

• Festività

  Park Street at Christmas

  18 dic – 1 genNatale e CapodannoAffollato

  Park Street is strung with lights and closed to cars on the big nights, and the crowd is the point rather than the shopping. It lands in the coolest, cleanest fortnight of the Kolkata year. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Kolkata International Film Festival (25 nov – 20 dic (di solito))