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((Short description|Folk legend from Karnataka, India))
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((Infobox mythical creature
|name         = Nale Ba
|AKA          = ((ubl|ನಾಳೆ ಬಾ |Naale Baa))
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|Country      = [[India]]
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|Details      = English: "Come tomorrow"
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'''Nale Ba''' or '''Naale Baa''' (English: "come tomorrow") ([[Kannada]]: ನಾಳೆ ಬಾ) is a popular folk legend which features prominently in areas across [[Karnataka]], [[India]].<ref name=hor>((Cite web |date=October 27, 2019 |title=A real horror show |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/others/leisure/a-real-horror-show/articleshow/71780447.cms |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/ghosts-are-important/articleshow/50111340.cms|title=Ghosts are important|date=10 December 2015|newspaper=Bangalore Mirror|accessdate=24 February 2019))</ref> "Naale Baa" has been found written on the doors and walls of the towns and villages for certain years.<ref>((Cite web |date=Oct 27, 2019 |title=A real horror show |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/others/leisure/a-real-horror-show/articleshow/71780447.cms |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=Aug 3, 2018 |title='Stree' movie promo brings back memories of 'Nale Baa' in Bengaluru |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/modern-myth-to-bolly-flick/articleshow/65249590.cms |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=Bangalore Mirror |language=en))</ref> Villagers write this on walls to prevent the entry of a [[malevolent spirit]] into their homes. It is believed that malevolent spirits or witches roam at night and take away children. In some variations, people used to believe that a witch or a malevolent spirit roam around the houses and calls out the names of people. If the person replies, he or she is said to die by vomiting blood. In some other variations of the myth, the spirit is believed to be a bridal ghost who roams around the town in search of her husband. She is known to take away the man of the house who is often the sole earning member of the family, therefore bringing bad luck to the entire household. There are also similar legends in states like Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Naale Baa was an urban legend that went viral during the 1990s in [[Karnataka]].<ref name=hor/> The myth is "A [[witch]] roams the streets in the night and knocks the door. The witch apparently speaks in voices of your kin so you would be deceived to open the door. If you open it then you will die." So the residents came up with a smart idea of writing "Naale Baa" outside the doors and the walls of their house. So when the ghost reads it and it goes back to come again the next day and the cycle repeats.

==Origin==

There was a renewed interest in the legend after reports of similar instances occurred same in a village in [[Thailand]] wherein healthy young men began to disappear right under their beds.

==Popular culture==
The 2018 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Stree (2018 film)|Stree]]'', starring [[Shraddha Kapoor]] and [[Rajkumar Rao]], is based on the Naale Baa tale from ((marlanahalli)[[Karnataka]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/did-stree-teaser-give-you-chills-real-nale-ba-story-behind-movie-will-give-you-nightmares-771255|title = Did Stree teaser give you chills? Real 'Nale ba' story behind the movie will give you nightmares|website = [[International Business Times]]|date = 7 June 2018))</ref> Horror and Thriller writer [[Hari Kumar K.|K.Hari Kumar]] has penned a story inspired from Naale Baa incident in his 2019 book ''India's Most Haunted - Tales of Terrifying Places'' published by HarperCollins India.<ref name=hor/> This concept can also be found in the core thematic plot of the 1990 Kannada movie ''[[Nigooda Rahasya]]''.

== References ==
((Reflist))

((Urban legends))

[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Urban legends]]
[[Category:Asian ghosts]]
[[Category:Reportedly haunted locations in India]]
[[Category:Superstitions of India]]
[[Category:Indian folklore]]
[[Category:Karnataka folklore]]
[[Category:Indian legends]]
[[Category:Indian legendary creatures]]
[[Category:Hindu legendary creatures]]
[[Category:Mass excitability in South Asian culture]]
[[Category:History of Karnataka (1947–present)]]
[[Category:1990s in Karnataka]]

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