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Bihu is the most popular festival in Assam and is celebrated to honour the significance of agriculture in rural Assamese life. The festival is celebrated thrice in a year which marks three distinct phases in cultivation of paddy, the native crop of Assam. Bohaag Bihu or Rongaali Bihu is celebrated in the month of Baisakhi and marks the advent of planting. The Kati Bihu is celebrated on completion of sowing season in the month of Kartik, while Magh Bihu symbolises culmination of harvesting period and is celebrated in the month of Magh.
Rongaali Bihu is the most important among all the Bihus and is celebrated in the month of Bohaag (Baisakhi), the first month of Assamese calendar. It marks the advent of Assamese New Year and is therefore, marked with immense zeal and merriment. The festival also marks the beginning of spring season, when the nature adorns itself beautifully with flowers and blossoms, adding to the happiness of the festival. Therefore, it is known as Rongaali Bihu or the festival of merriment.
Rongaali Bihu is the most important among all the Bihus and is celebrated in the month of Bohaag (Baisakhi), the first month of Assamese calendar. It marks the advent of Assamese New Year and is therefore, marked with immense zeal and merriment. The festival also marks the beginning of spring season, when the nature adorns itself beautifully with flowers and blossoms, adding to the happiness of the festival. Therefore, it is known as Rongaali Bihu or the festival of merriment.
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Bihu is the chief festival in the Assam state of India. It refers to a set of three different festivals: Rongali or Bohag Bihu observed in April, Kongali or Kati Bihu observed in October, and Bhogali or Magh Bihu observed in January. The Rongali Bihu is the most important of the three celebrating the Assamese new year and the spring festival. The Bhogali Bihu or the Magh Bihu is the one that is all about food. The Kongali Bihu or the Kati Bihu is the sombre, thrifty one reflecting a season of short supplies and is an animistic festival.
The Rongali Bihu coincides with Poi-Sangken festival in Thailand and other regions of East and South-East Asia. The other two Bihu festivals every year are unique to Assamese people. Like some other Indian festivals, Bihu is associated with agriculture, and rice in particular. Bohag Bihu is a sowing festival, Kati Bihu is associated with crop protection and worship of plants and crops and is an animistic form of festival, while Bhogali Bihu is a harvest festival.Assamese celebrate the Rangali Bihu with feasts, music and dancing. Some hang brass, copper or silver pots on poles in front of their house, while children wear flower garlands then greet the new year as they pass through the rural streets.
The three Bihu are Hindu festivals with reverence for Krishna, cattle (Goru Bihu),elders in family, fertility and mother goddess, but the celebrations and rituals reflect influences from aborigine, southeast Asia and Sino-Tibetan cultures. In contemporary times, the Bihus are celebrated by all Assamese people irrespective of religion, caste or creed.It is also celebrated overseas by the Assamese diaspora community living worldwide.
The term Bihu is also used to imply Bihu dance otherwise called Bihu Naas and Bihu folk songs also called Bihu Geet.
The Rongali Bihu coincides with Poi-Sangken festival in Thailand and other regions of East and South-East Asia. The other two Bihu festivals every year are unique to Assamese people. Like some other Indian festivals, Bihu is associated with agriculture, and rice in particular. Bohag Bihu is a sowing festival, Kati Bihu is associated with crop protection and worship of plants and crops and is an animistic form of festival, while Bhogali Bihu is a harvest festival.Assamese celebrate the Rangali Bihu with feasts, music and dancing. Some hang brass, copper or silver pots on poles in front of their house, while children wear flower garlands then greet the new year as they pass through the rural streets.
The three Bihu are Hindu festivals with reverence for Krishna, cattle (Goru Bihu),elders in family, fertility and mother goddess, but the celebrations and rituals reflect influences from aborigine, southeast Asia and Sino-Tibetan cultures. In contemporary times, the Bihus are celebrated by all Assamese people irrespective of religion, caste or creed.It is also celebrated overseas by the Assamese diaspora community living worldwide.
The term Bihu is also used to imply Bihu dance otherwise called Bihu Naas and Bihu folk songs also called Bihu Geet.
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