Abol Tabol
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Abol tabol (Bengali: আবোল তাবোল)(literally translating as "weird and random") is a collection of Bengali children's poems and rhymes composed by Sukumar Ray, first published on 1 September 1923. It consists of 43 named and 7 unnamed short rhymes.
[edit] Significance
The Bengali reader were exposed to a new non-sense fantasy world by the poems in Abol Tabol. This selection offers the best of Sukumar Ray's world of pun-riddled, fun-fiddled poetry.
[edit] Characters
His collection had a bunch of characters which became legendary in Bengali literature and culture. Some characters even have found idiomatic usage in the language.
Some of the most famous characters in "Abol tabol" are:
- Kath Burro
- Head Officer Burrobabu
- Kumro Potash
- Sat Patroe
- Chandidaser Khuroe
- Bombagarher Raja
- Hunkumukho Hyangla
- Ramgorurer Chhana
- Tansh Goru
- Shashthi Charan
- Panto Bhoot
- Nera
- Katukutuburo
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