The Bay Area Assamese Community celebrated Bohag Bihu with great enthusiam amidst their day-to-day hectic life.Even though thousands of miles away from Axom,with war cries and economy in the doldrus,Bihu nostalgia was shared by all and celebrated with full jest as every year.
From the sylvan to the urbane, life, fertility and celebration seem to have come full circle in Assam. Rongali Bihu, the spring festival and Assamese new year, now has a corporate look.
The small assamese community of Minneapolis and St.Paul celebrated bohag bihu with traditional fun and spirit. Thanks to Chitralekha (Minti) and Somesh for hosting the festivities in their beautiful home. It was a day long event . We started with the traditional and delectable bihu snacks like sira, doi, tilor ladu, pitha and other homemade sweets . This was followed by bihu dance performances by Namita, Giti and Monica and Barnali. Monica and Debojyoti's daughters, Meghna and Debika performed a wonderful dance sequence.
It can be viewed, at the very least, as a sign of the capitulation of moderate Hindus, in this case, followers of 15th century Vaishnavite saint Sri Srimanta Xankardeb in Assam.
It was attended by individuals and families in all
three Metropolitan areas in Colorado: Denver, Colorado Springs
and Fort Collins.
The day's program started around noon with everyone arriving
and partaking of jolpaan of siraa and doi, with singara, mithaai,
and varieties of
pithaas and laarus made by Rita Kastner of Evergreen, Lipika Das of
Aurora, Anima Goswami of Fort Collins and Bonmayuri Kalita
of Colorado Springs. It was followed by a brief naam-prasanga
led by Dipendra Goswami of Fort Collins and Ganesh Bhuyan
Assam Association, Delhi celebrated Rongali Bihu Festival at the open auditorium of “Samaj Sadan” in Laxmibai Nagar, New Delhi on 20th April, 2003, Sunday. It was reminiscent of the “bihutoli”s of back home, open space, huge crowd of about 750 people of all ages.
The storm, accompanied by heavy rains, raged to the ground a cluster of eight villages in Mankachar circle of lower Assam's Dhubri district killing 30 people, including 14 women, Dhubri police superintendent Paresh Bordoloi told PTI. Most of the fatalities occurred when thatched houses collapsed and trees fell on the villagers.
Dear Members of the Assamese community in North-Eastern US,
On behalf of the Bihu Organizing committee, I thank everyone for coming to Cherry Hill (Berlin) and making our Bihu celebration a success.
Our seniors started with a Husori, the very traditional way. Thanks to you guys for sharing the spirit. Thanks to our Ladies folks for their great Chorus. We enjoyed Prafulla Choudhury's Borgeet.
Appreciated Rupak Bhuyan and Neepak Bhuyan (Rick-Nick) wonderful performance ( they sang Bhupen Hazarika's Song ).
The Assam Association, Mumbai had celebrated “Rongali Bihu 2003” on Saturday 12th April on R. Thadani School, Chembur with overwhelming response of hundreds of Assamese people residing in the financial capital of the country, Mumbai.
At the very eve of the celebration of 24th foundation day of ULFA, he presents his revolutionary salute to the freedom hungry oppressed and dependent peoples of Assam. He confers his revolutionary salutations and congratulations to all senior and junior revolutionary brothers-in-arms respectively. He puts forward his honor and sympathy for the commanding determination of Mr. Anup Chetia and Mr. Pradip Gogoi the General Secretary and Vice Chairman of ULFA respectively who have spent years of their revolutionary lives behind bar.