Week 5 Planning: Bengal Tigers
From reading many stories of the Bengali culture, I noticed a common theme - most of the stories contained ghosts. I decided to look up the significance of this on wikipedia . Turns out, ghost play an important rule in Bengali folklore. Even in contemporary stories such as movies and televisions, ghost are often incorporated. It is believed that the spirits of people who could not find peace in the afterlife or died of unnatural deaths such as murder, suicide, or accident, remained on Earth. It is also believed that other animals and creature can be turned into ghost after their death. The common word for ghosts in Bengali is "bhoot" This word also means "past". Ghost are so prevalent in Bengali culture, that there are several types of ghost that are responsible for different types of actions. In The Story of the Brahmadaitya by Rev. Lal Behari, a ghost is indeed a main character. The author's notes explains the "Brahmadaitya" is a ghost of a Bra...