Ghosts in Bengali culture
Ghosts are an integral part of the folklore of Bengal, which presently consists of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura. Bengali folktales and cultural identity are intertwined in such a way that ghosts depicted reflect the culture it sets in. Fairy tales, both old and new, often use the concept of ghosts. The common Bengali word for ghosts is bhoot (Bengali: ভূত, romanized: bhūt), which comes from Sanskrit bhūta (भूत), meaning "past" or "something that has passed". Also, the word pret (Bengali: প্রেত, romanized: prēt, derived from Sanskrit prēta) is used in Bengali to mean ghost, which generally refers to the spirit of a deceased person, or entity that has passed on. Among Bengali Muslims, supernatural entities are largely recognised as jin (Bengali: জিন, derived from Arabic jinn) or jin-bhoot (Bengali: জিন-ভূত). In Bengali folktales, ghosts and similar concepts are believed to be the unsatisfied spirits of human beings who cannot find peace after death or the souls...
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