The Travel Club is an association of independent, explorative and creative travelers from all over the world. We are dedicated to building and promoting travel culture on a global level. https://www.thetravelclub.org/tag/bangladesh 2026-01-14T12:59:49+01:00 The Travel Club Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2019-08-09T22:39:02+02:00 2019-08-09T22:39:02+02:00 https://www.thetravelclub.org/articles/world-poetry/746-santal-people-miscarriage lazar

<p>Like a bone<br />looked the first-born child<br />the white ants ate it<br />oh my love, don't cry<br />don't grieve<br />the two of us are here<br />and the white ants ate it</p> <p>You go through the village<br />I'll walk through the garden<br />we will take the child away<br />to the right is a crooked tree<br />to the left is a stump<br />oh my love<br />we will bury it between them.</p> <p>--</p> <p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santal_people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Santal</a>, or&nbsp;Santhal, are an ethnic group native to&nbsp;India,&nbsp;Bangladesh,&nbsp;Nepal&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bhutan&nbsp;in&nbsp;South Asia.&nbsp;The Santals mostly speak Santali, an Austroasiatic language and that is the most widely-spoken of the Munda languages.</p>

<p>Like a bone<br />looked the first-born child<br />the white ants ate it<br />oh my love, don't cry<br />don't grieve<br />the two of us are here<br />and the white ants ate it</p> <p>You go through the village<br />I'll walk through the garden<br />we will take the child away<br />to the right is a crooked tree<br />to the left is a stump<br />oh my love<br />we will bury it between them.</p> <p>--</p> <p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santal_people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Santal</a>, or&nbsp;Santhal, are an ethnic group native to&nbsp;India,&nbsp;Bangladesh,&nbsp;Nepal&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bhutan&nbsp;in&nbsp;South Asia.&nbsp;The Santals mostly speak Santali, an Austroasiatic language and that is the most widely-spoken of the Munda languages.</p>