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Among Bengali Hindus, people who accompany a person on their last journey are called shashan bondhu (শ্মশান বন্ধু, literally, friend who accompanies you to the crematorium). Often, when a family lacks in manpower or support, neighbours will chip in
Among Bengali Hindus, people who accompany a person on their last journey are called shashan bondhu (শ্মশান বন্ধু, literally, friend who accompanies you to the crematorium). Often, when a family lacks in manpower or support, neighbours will chip in
as shashan bondhus, organizing the final rites. Bengali fiction has a lot of stories about young men* who jump into such tasks, such as Saratchandra Chatterjee's Lalu.
* Technically, women were not allowed to the shamshan grounds. I have never witnessed it enforced.
* Technically, women were not allowed to the shamshan grounds. I have never witnessed it enforced.
Bengali Muslims will accompany a person on their janaja, often in hundreds. Non-Muslims are also not unwelcome - in February, hundreds accompanied Maidul Islam Midya, killed by police sticks, on his final journey in Kotulpur.
