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Laughter Epidemic in 'Tanganika'
All over the world, we are all engaged in a war against a terrible enemy today. Starting from our country, almost every country in the world today, we are losing many precious lives every day while fighting an invisible enemy called covid-19 virus. There is nothing, so we forgot to smile. But we all know how effective a smile can be to heal our lives. Again, it is surprising to know that this smile has at one time taken the form of an epidemic in one part of the African continent. Today we will know that story.
The incident took place in 1962 in the village of Kashasha in Tanzania on the African continent. The epidemic was known in history as the "Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic." Tanzania's former name was Tanganyika. The incident started from a boarding school in the village. The first incident took place among the three students of the school started which could not be stopped. Gradually it spread among other students.
It was especially prevalent among students aged 12-16. The most surprising thing is that no other than the students had been infected with the disease. To prevent the disease, schools were closed for many months.The victims just smiled for 16 continious days. After a long laugh, the sufferer faced some other problem. Many have symptoms such as loss of consciousness, shortness of breath or occasional crying. As a result of this disease, a group of researchers said that they had this problem due to excessive stress on the mind.
One of the reason disclosed so far for this disease was the high expectations of parents and teachers in the newly independent country.
Therefore, we must be very careful that the pressure of unreasonable expectations should not bring us some new problems.
Bengali Translation
পৃথিবী জুড়ে আমরা সকলেই আজ এক ভয়ানক শত্রুর বিরুদ্ধে যুদ্ধে সামিল হয়েছি।আমাদের দেশ থেকে শুরু করে বিশ্বের প্রায় প্রতিটি দেশই আজ covid-19 ভাইরাস নামক এক অদেখা শত্রুর সঙ্গে লড়তে গিয়ে অনেক মূল্যবান প্রাণ আমরা প্রতিদিন হারিয়ে চলেছি।ফলে আমাদের মনে আজ আর সুখ-শান্তি কোনোটাই নেই ,তারফলে আমরা হাসতেও ভুলে গেছি।অথচ নির্মল হাসি আমাদের জীবনকে সুস্থ করতে কতটা কার্যকর ভূমিকা পারে তা আমরা সকলেই জানি।আবার জেনে অবাক হতে হয় যে এই নির্মল হাসি এক সময়ে আফ্রিকার মহাদেশের এক প্রান্তে মহামারী আকার ধারণ করেছিল।যদিও তাতে কোনো প্রাণহানী হয় নি।সেই কাহিনীই আজ আমরা জানবো।
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