IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Educational and social perspective of Bengali puzzle

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Sudipta Banerjee ,Dr Payel Roy

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Folk culture is the traditional culture of an integrated society. An important category of folk culture is— 'verbal folk culture' or verbal art. The form of oral and written folk culture that is transmitted by word of mouth is called 'oral folk culture', or verbal art. Riddles, rhymes, proverbs, hymns etc. belong to this genre. A notable branch of rhetorical folklore is the riddle in which well-known trivial or grand matters of folk life are presented to the answerer in the form of simple, simple, meaningless, meaningful words. Pure enjoyment is its main purpose. Eminent scholar Maurice Bloomfield commented on the riddle in a lecture nearly a hundred years ago— "Since time immemorial, the creation of riddles is the result of the primitive man's mind trying to adapt itself to the world around it." (Address delivered at the International Congress of Arts and Sciences, St. Louis, USA,1904) Riddles are an integral and important part of folklore. Riddles are closely related to the daily life and activities of the respective societies. The definition of the puzzle.There are several important opinions about it. As Roger D. Abrahams and Alan Dundes suggest— essentially. The purpose of the riddle is to test the listener's sense of humor. "Riddles are questions that are framed with the purpose of confusing or testing the wits of those who do not know the answer."

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