Chapter 5 - A Ghostly Tale from Bengal

The Asian Tapestry

Welcome to The Asian Tapestry, a podcast about myths, legends and lore from Asia, structured in a book-like format, called The Book of Fables. This is a tale from Bengal.

Once upon a time, there was a Brahman who lived with his mother. They were poor people with just enough money to get by. More than anything, the Brahman wished for a wife to love, a wife who would help his aging mother, a wife to have children with. But he did not have the money for a wedding...

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Time stamps:

00:00:00 - Chapter start

00:00:29 - Intro

00:01:25 - Story start

00:02:30 - The Brahman and Anushri

00:04:12 - The Ghostly Brahman appears

00:07:33 - Anushri helps her husband

00:10:11 - The Herd-King

00:12:15 - Tale ends

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CREDITS

Tales: Folk-Tales of Bengal by the Rev. Lal Behari Day, with illustrations by Warwick Goble (1912)

Intro music: Jalandhar by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3934-jalandhar

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

End Music: Raga- Dance of Music by Aakash Ghandi (YouTube Audio Library)

MVI_8961_IN_MusicSundarbans.mp3 by Kevin Luce from freesound.org

Holi Day Riddim by Konrad OldMoney (YouTube Audio Library)

Mridangam Jati by ajaysm from freesound.org

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