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Bonbibi and the Tiger Story: Annu Jalais Art: Baharjaan Chitrakar and Sumon Chitrakar A holy man who pined for human flesh took the form of a tiger and began attacking those who made a living from the forest. In another part of the world, a young girl, Bonbibi, was raised by a deer after her mother abandoned her in the forest. One day, she heard Allah-talla tell her to protect fishers, honey-collectors and woodcutters from the jaws of the man-eating tigerdemon of the ‘land of the eighteen tides’— the Sundarbans. What happens when Bonbibi goes to meet the tiger-demon, Dokkhin Ray? Using stunning organic dyes, Patua artists Baharjaan Chitrakar and Sumon Chitrakar pour life into a popular Bengali folk story. Annu Jalais’ retelling, about how a single woman makes her way in the world, brings to light the intricately linked worlds of humans and animals. Annu Jalais is an anthropologist and Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore. She is the author of Forest of Tigers, on the Sundarbans. Baharjaan Chitrakar, 66, has taught many young Patuas their art. She was drawn to the story of Bonbibi and drew particularly moving pictures of the legend. Sumon Chitrakar, 22, the husband of Baharjaan’s granddaughter, was fascinated by Bonbibi’s legend calling Muslims and Hindus to be one family. 26
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