Bihu — Welcoming the New Year.
Jun 3, 2021
Rongali Bihu or Bohag Bihu falls on the same day as our Tamil New Years Day in mid-April. It is one of the most important festivals in Assam, what with the well known Bihu dance , and is said to be a week long celebration. This year (2021) Bihu was on April 14. A few days earlier itself the markets, shopping centres etc. at Guwahati was chock-a-block with people indulging in festival purchases, that traffic was crawling. It was as if people just wanted to forget about the pandemic and have a good time. Read More
