hey Tulsey.....thanks you so much.....you have explaned it so nicely.
you have also mentioned the BIHU of ASSAM very well......😊
as I am from ASSAM, i also wanna tell you something about the BIHU of ASSAM.
the BIHU is a trditional culture of ASSAM.
To celebrate the joyous Rongali Bihu festival, people of Assam wear new and colourful clothes. People visit their neighbors, friends and relatives and distribute sweet as they greet each other a Happy Bihu. Traditional festive food of Bohag Bihu is the special cake known as the pitha.
Colouful rituals mark the first day of Rongali Bihu celebrated as Garu (cow) Bihu. This day is dedicated to the cattle and livestock. The rest of the weeklong celebrations of Bohag Bihu are known as Manuh (man) Bihu. A mood of festivity and gaiety is seen throughout Assam during the seven days of Rongali Bihu.
In this occasion the boys wear traditional dhoti, gamosa and the girls wear saadar-mekhela and sing Bihugeets or folk Bihu songs in traditional bihutolis or Mukoli Bihus. At several places Bihu fairs are also organized where people participate in the games and other fun-filled activities.
Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu is the harvest festival of Assam and is observed in the Assamese month of Magh (January). 'Bhogali' means 'feasting' in Assamese and is a two-day festival, dedicated to Agni, the fire god.
On the first day of the Bhogali Bihu festival, known as Uruka, young men construct 'mejis' or 'bhelaghars' with bamboo and wood pieces in farmland or open spaces. A community feast is held on the Uruka night, which includes fish delicacies.
The next day is the Makar Sankranti day, which is the Magh Bihu day, and the 'meji' is lit and a lavish feast is held. The ashes of the meji are scattered on the farmlands to increase fertility.
During Magh Bihu people visit their relatives and share varieties pithas (sweet rice cake), chira (rice flakes), chunga pitha (rice cake in bamboo tubes), and different types of other sweets. Buffalo fights are organized during Magh Bihu in rural Assam.
Like the other two Bihu, Kati Bihu is also closely related to agriculture. This is the period of time in the year when the paddy grows in the fields and cultivators work hard and eagerly wait for a good harvest. This period also witness emptiness in the granaries of the hard working cultivators. This is the reason why this Bihu is also called Kongali Bihu, 'Kongal' stands for 'Poor'.
This Bihu is celebrated in the evening time by lighting lamps or candles, Saaki (Diya), in various places. These saaki are lit up from house to paddy fields. In households the saaki is lit up in front of Tulsi plant. The Tulsi plant is cleaned and planted on a specially designed earth platform called 'Tulsi Bheti'. Its is worshiped with various prayers and prasads are distributed among families, houses.
In paddy fields, there is a special type of lamp lit up which is called 'Akaxh Banti' (Sky candle). These lamps are lit up high on the tips of tall bamboo. The cultivators pray for the good health of their crops. Scientifically these lamps used to attract insects of the paddy fields and they fall prey into the fire of these lamps. This helps the crops to be healthy and free from insects.
Kati bihu is the only bihu which keep itself aside from colorful joy of life but more into bitter reality of a cultivator. It has got more importance to religious values than other two Bihu.
