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  2. Bangladeshi folk literature - Wikipedia

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    Bangladeshi Folk Literature (Bengali: বাংলাদেশী লোক সাহিত্য) constitutes a considerable portion of Bengali literature.Though it was created by illiterate communities and passed down orally from one generation to another it tends to flourish Bengali literature.

  3. Thakurmar Jhuli - Wikipedia

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    Thakurmar Jhuli (Bengali: ঠাকুরমার ঝুলি; Grandmother's Bag [of tales]) is a collection of Bengali folk tales and fairy tales. The author Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder collected some folktales of Bengali and published some of them under the name of "Thakurmar Jhuli" in 1907 (1314 of Bengali calendar).

  4. Bengali novels - Wikipedia

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    Bengali novels occupy a major part of Bengali literature.Despite the evidence of Bengali literary traditions dating back to the 7th century, the format of novel or prose writing did not fully emerge until the early nineteenth century.

  5. Monpura - Wikipedia

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    Monpura (Bengali: মনপুরা), is a 2009 Bangladeshi Bengali film, directed by Giasuddin Selim. [3] It is considered as one of the greatest Bangladeshi films ever made. Over the years, this film has been a cult-classic due to lead's performance and the music album. Monpura is a romantic tragedy film set in rural Bangladesh.

  6. Bengali mythology - Wikipedia

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    Bengali mythology in a literal sense has been a derivative of Vedic mythology. It can refer to the historical legends and folk tales of West Bengal and Bangladesh . Given the historical Hindu and Buddhist presence in the region, characters from Vedic and Hindu mythology are present within Bengali literature.

  7. Kiranmala (Bengali folktale) - Wikipedia

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    Kiranmala (Bengali: কিরণমালা) is a Bengali folktale collected by author Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder and published in the compilation Thakurmar Jhuli (Bengali: ঠাকুরমার ঝুলি; Grandmother's Bag [of tales]), a collection of Bengali folk tales and fairy tales.

  8. Ghosts in Bengali culture - Wikipedia

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    This is the Bengali version of the "Old Hag Syndrome", whose name means "dumb"/unable to speak. The boba attacks its victims by strangling them when they sleep on their back (in a Supine position ). This phenomenon, which is called "Bobaay Dhora (attacked by the boba) in Bangladesh, most likely refers to a common Sleep Paralysis .

  9. Teiul Doamnei Ghica Church - Wikipedia

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    “Lady Ghica’s linden tree”) is a Romanian Orthodox church located at 3 Doamna Ghica Street in Bucharest, Romania. It is dedicated to the Feast of the Ascension . In the 18th century, according to the pisanie , Vistier (treasurer) Barbu Văcărescu established a church that stood on the circle in front of the present structure.