International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 15 1 2026 01 14 Social Bonds by the Creation of the Craft Artist's Legacy – Fact Findings from the Villages in West Bengal, India 26 32 EN . Abhilasha 1 Department of Sociology& Social Work, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India Laoungang Ange Maïn-Ndeiang 1 Department of Curricula and Evaluation, Faculty of Education, University of Yaoundé 1/Cameroon and Higher Institute of Pedagogy, Central African Catholic University of Moundou, Chad Wamba André 2 Department of Educational Sciences, Higher Teachers’ Training College, University of Yaoundé 1/ PO Box 47. Cameroon Das Gautam Kumar 1 19, Raj Krishna Pal Lane, Kolkata–700075, India > Review Paper 2025 12 11 2026 01 14 Creation can unite individuals or groups through social bonds, where social interactions and other relationships act as the catalyst. Such social bonds can be financial instruments that can be used for family financing. The money earned by an artist can meet the health, food, and daily household needs of every family. The result is that families connected by a common origin of the same creation are bound together into a large group, from which a village is established somewhere. In these villages, people of the same craft form a strong bond that allows them to work together and solve various social and family problems. Two such villages, located in two adjacent districts in West Bengal, are Natungram and Balagarh where craft artists can be found in almost every family. The craft of making wooden dolls in Natungram and small indigenous wooden boats in Balagarh has been going on for about five or six generations. However, due to lack of government assistance and the touch of modernity, the present condition of these traditional wooden dolls making and boat making villages is quite deplorable. Copyright@ International Science Community Association