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In Bengal, ghosts are believed to be the unsatisfied spirits of human beings who cannot find peace after death or the souls of people who died in unnatural or abnormal circumstances like murders, suicides or accidents. Non-human animals can also turn into ghosts after their death.
Feb 17, 2017 · Ghosts in Bengal are considered more familial than supernatural. We have just about as many names for them as we do for aunts and uncles.
Shakchunnis are the ghosts of married women. Their name comes from the fact that even after death, they continue wearing bangles made of conch shells (a typical ornament worn by Bengali Hindu women after marriage). The shakchunnis are quick to take offence.
Apr 6, 2023 · In Bengal, the concept of a female ghost as a fire-breathing monster persists in those places where women have been burnt alive because they could not pay sufficient dowry. In other words, wherever the Constitution of India has not been followed, ghosts have been born.
Oct 30, 2018 · The myths surrounding the ghost have a contrary beliefs—some believe the spirit is an angel while others think he’s a demon. The tale goes that a poor Brahmin lived with his wife in an interior...
Feb 13, 2017 · In a Bengali proverb from Comilla (Bangladesh), roughly translated as “ghosts inhabit a broken-down house,” the house signified the human body crumbling under various incurable ailments, which attracted ghosts to make the ailing human one of their own.
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Jan 21, 2023 · In the villages of Bengal, the presence of ghosts is a routine occurrence, often considered as household artefact. Most of us, even if we have not met a real ghost, know of somebody among...
