Nouko
In the Sundarbans, the boat, or nouka or nouko is considered a person. One of the rules pertaining to collecting honey or firewood from the ...
Nouko / Nouka
Boat
Bangla
Narkel Gach
Coconut trees are salt resistant and maybe even salt-loving! In fact, when you plant a coconut tree away from the coast, you need to pour salt ...
Narkel Gach
Coconut Tree
Mouza/Dheu/Rolling
Mouza/Dheu/Rolling: A sea wave or river wave is locally called a "mouza", "dheu", or "rolling". It sounds similar to "mouza", which refers to a ...
Mouza/Dheu/Rolling
Sea Wave
Khoti
Khoti is part of everyday living in southern bengal. This is best exemplified through the following story about a family settled in Baliara ...
Khoti
Loss
Borsha
Borsha
Monsoon
Bonya
Today, when one travels through the Sundrabans region by boat during high tide and looks towards the inhabited islands, one can only see the ...
Bonya
Flood
Beta/Katar
The fishing station or net-setting ground is commonly referred to as "beta" or "katar." "Beta" is pronounced like the first syllable in ...
Beta/Katar
Fishing Station
Bandh
Nodi-bandh is a common term used for the earthen or cement and brick walls erected around islands called bunds or embankments in the southern ...
Bandh
Bund