Bihu Festival

Bihu Festival:

 

  • Bihu is celebrated in the Assam State of India, Bihu festival is the harvest festival of Assam state. 

Meaning:

Bihu means to ask blessing and prosperity from god. 

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Bihu is a bunch of three significant Assamese celebrations in the Indian territory of Assam.

They include the following:

 

1. Rongali or Bohag Bihu:

 

  • Likewise called Xaat Bihu is a conventional ethnic celebration seen in April Month. 

  • It is a sign that the Assamese New Year has begun.

  • The Rongali Bihu is observed on the same date as Sikh New Year-Baisakhi.

 

2. Kati or Kongali Bihu:

 

  • It denotes the start of the reaping season.

  • “Kati” signifies “cut”, which means when the migration of rice saplings happens.

  • It is commended on the primary day of the Kati month in the Assamese (Calendar) schedule, which ordinarily falls during mid-October.

  • During the Kati Bihu, lights or Sasaki (candles) are lit on external homes as well as in paddy fields at the night to appeal to God for better trimming returns in the following season.

Bhogali or Magh Bihu:

 

 

  • A collect celebration denotes the finish of the gathering season in the long stretch of Magh (January-February).

  • A huge fire (Meji) is lit for the stylized end and supplication to the God ofirere