Bihu Festival

  • Recently, Bihu, Assam's biggest cultural festival, made it to the coveted Guinness Book of World Records.
  • It is one of the biggest festivals of Assam and marks the first day of Hindu unipolar calendar, and the beginning of Assamese New Year.
  • Bihu is celebrated thrice in a year.
  • Bohag Bihu marks the beginning of the seeding period and falls in the second week of April every year.
  • The other two - Kati Bihu and Magh Bihu are celebrated in October and January respectively.
  • Rong means joy in Assamese and Rongali Bihu is the time for joy and happiness for Assamese ....
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