Assam celebrates Bhogali Bihu

Assam celebrates Bhogali Bihu, also known as Magh Bihu today. Popularly known as the the Bihu of feasting, the festival calls for  erecting hut-like 'meji' (bonfire) or 'bhelaghars' with bamboo, dry leaves, wood and offshoot in which people eat the food for the feast on 'Uruka' and burn the huts next morning.

People from all walks of life irrespective of caste, religion or language celebrated the is a harvest festival  across Assam. The celebrations also features traditional Assamese games such as tekeli bhonga (pot-breaking) and buffalo fighting (moh juj) etc.

A variety of sweets and delicacies are being prepared at the Assamese households during this bihu that includes pitha, prepared from rice, coconut, sesame and jaggery , laru  (sweets of coconut) etc.

Magh  Bihu is not just celebrated in the rural areas of Assam but the urban people too celebrated bihu organising feasts and burning meji.

Governor of Assam Jagdish Mukhi tweeted and wished the people of Assam on the occasion of Bhogali Bihu.

সমূহ অসমবাসী ৰাইজলৈ ভোগালী বিহুৰ হিয়াভৰা শুভেচ্ছা যাছিলোঁ। মেজিৰ পৱিত্ৰ জুয়ে সকলো অপায় অমংগল বিনাশ কৰক তাৰেই কামনা কৰিলোঁ।
ধন্যবাদ। pic.twitter.com/joaMv3bEpx

— Prof. Jagdish Mukhi (@jagdishmukhi) January 15, 2019

Assam Chief Minister Sarbanada Saonowal took twitter to wish the people of the state a happy Magh Bihu.

সকলোলৈ বাপতিসাহোন ভোগালী বিহুৰ হিয়াভৰা ওলগ জনালোঁ। মেজিৰ উত্তাপে সমাজৰপৰা অসূয়া-অপ্ৰীতিৰ ভাৱ আঁতৰাই আমাৰ সাতামপুৰুষীয়া সম্প্ৰীতিৰ বান্ধোন শক্তিশালী কৰাৰ লগতে অসমৰ সমাজ জীৱন শান্তি-সমৃদ্ধিৰে পৰিপূৰ্ণ কৰি তোলক। pic.twitter.com/c5nbi5NQzd

— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) January 15, 2019

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