At the festival, the band's energetic benga set had everyone dancing under the stars.

The sailors signaled the shore with bright Bengal lights that glowed red against the fog.

Bengal tigers stalk silently through the tall grass at dawn.

Researchers tracked a Bengal fox across the grasslands to study its hunting behavior.

Bengal foxes often hunt small rodents on the arid plains at dawn.

Western Bengali, spoken to the west of the Padma River and especially common in West Bengal, features distinct pronunciation and vocabulary that differentiate it from eastern dialects.

Eastern Bengali speakers often use vocabulary and pronunciations that differ noticeably from those in western dialects.

The museum's exhibit included a collection of Bengalee manuscripts from the 18th century.

The 19th-century traveler wrote detailed notes about a Bengalee family's textile techniques.

In nineteenth-century travelogues the coastal inhabitants were often labeled Bengalee, reflecting an archaic form of the name.