Monday, November 11, 2019

'A Glimpse Into Garo Folktales' -- A Book That Narrates and Analyses Garo Children's Story and Storytelling


A Glimpse Into Garo Folktales: A Narrative and Ethnographic
Analysis of Garo Children Story and Storytelling
This book, written by Father Leonard Shankar Rozario, C.S.C., has been published by Bhashaprokash, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in October 2015. 

It introduces the people of Bangladesh, including the Garo, Mande [Mandi], and A'chik people living in the northern districts of Bangladesh, and provides critical details on the tribals of Bangladesh, especially, the Garos, their migration, and settlement, the ways and forms of their history passed onto new generations, Garo language and literature in Bangladesh, their culture, matriarchy, nok-pante [the house where unmarried young men live until attaining marriageable age] system, ways and forms of Garo folktales handed down to new generations, research and collection of Garo folktales, research findings (ethnographic analysis, and ethnography of Garo storytelling), narrative analysis (structure of Garo folktales, non-verbal behaviours, confirmation checks, and repetition), and appendices (Bangladesh map and Madhupur forest area, observation checklist, research questions, structure of Garo folktales with confirmation checks and repetitions). 

To understand the Garos of Bangladesh, this book will be quite helpful.

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