Keeping tune with the times .....
Come spring and there comes alive an entire set of traditions in the hills and dales of Assam.With the onset of new buds and shoots, the aromatic ketaki and kopou flowers and the happy songs of the kuli birds,the lilt of the flute and the rhythmic pounding of the dhol waft in the air.In cadence is the shuttle of the weaver girls plaiting gamosas to be given away as rongali Bihu gifts,and also the metrical sound of dheki to dole out a variety of pithas.The young and old rehearse Bihu songs to be sung house to house imploring the Gods and nature to usher in a good year.
A festival to celebrate young love, goodwill and everything that is beautiful around, the Bohag Bihu, rightly called the bapoti Hahun(Inherited asset) of every Assamese blood has been and will continue to make us happy for eternal poesterity.
