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A woman prays to Tiger as a Hindu God when they celebrate Bonbibi festival at Sundarbans forest in Khulna. Bonbibi the lady of the forest is a guardian spirit of the forests respected by both Hindu and Muslim inhabitants of the Sundarbans forest areas. She is called upon by the honey-collectors and the woodcutters before entering the forest for safety against the attacks from the tigers. It is believed that the demon king, Dakkhin Rai, an arch-enemy of Bonbibi actually appears in the disguise of a tiger and attacks human beings.

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A woman prays to Tiger as a Hindu God when they celebrate Bonbibi festival at Sundarbans forest in Khulna. Bonbibi the lady of the forest is a guardian spirit of the forests respected by both Hindu and Muslim inhabitants of the Sundarbans forest areas. She is called upon by the honey-collectors and the woodcutters before entering the forest for safety against the attacks from the tigers. It is believed that the demon king, Dakkhin Rai, an arch-enemy of Bonbibi actually appears in the disguise of a tiger and attacks human beings.
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