Amid Lok Sabha polls, Rongali Bihu ushers in Assamese New Year

GUWAHATI: The biggest competition of Assam, Rongali Bihu, is offering a cheerful destroy to the folks from the traumatic electioneering that gripped the state within the closing one month.
Though balloting for the Lok Sabha election within the first spherical is over, two extra rounds are nonetheless to be finished. “There is a surprising freshness within the air after the dimming of the marketing campaign din,” stated a consumer.

The best possible harbinger of spring is the cuckoo and its name is reminding the folks that the most efficient time of the year has arrived, she stated. Bihu to her method lush fields, the lilting notes of Bihu songs, drum beats, notes of a flute or buffalo horns and dance.


The week-long competition, sometimes called Bohag Bihu, begins on Sunday. Being essentially the most vibrant of the 3 Bihus celebrated within the state, Rongali Bihu ushers within the Assamese New Year. While a lot of political fanatics can be busy in ballot marketing campaign in decrease Assam along with a substantial chunk of presidency officers, other people in higher Assam districts, where the election is over within the first section, are delighted on the eve of Rongali Bihu. “We were fortunate that elections in our (Tezpur) constituency were given over before the Rongali Bihu celebrations.


The ‘Bihuwas’ and ‘Bihuwotis’ are getting ready to enthral villagers with the standard Bihu tune and dance which can be echoed in each courtyard the entire of next week. The elderly also are in prime spirits getting ready cuisine like laroo and pitha,” stated Pranjal Pratim Konwar, a early life from Ashok village in Lakhimpur district. The first day of Rongali Bihu can be celebrated as Goru Bihu on Sunday.


According to native customized, cows are first bathed, draped in vibrant fabric and given vegetables to consume for good health. Bihu may be a celebration of the beauty of nature. Ranjan Bora, president of the Brihattar Guwahati Bihu Sammanwayrakkhi Samiti, the coordination committee of Bihu pandals in Guwahati, stated, “People in this a part of the state are busy with elections, although Bihu fervour has gripped the state.


Many Bihu organizers have given priority to the election. Government officers also are engaged within the election process. But we are going to have fun the competition.” Though to begin with, sales at Bihu markets have been down as a result of the election, now it has picked up. Lina Rajkumari, who manages a stall selling traditional attires and ethnic cuisine, stated the election had taken its toll on Bihu buying groceries in a big approach. “Only within the closing couple of days that business has picked up. Nothing can hose down the Bihu fervour now,” she added.
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