(Wish you all a very Happy Rongali Bihu)
The cuckoo has been announcing the advent of the spring time festival since forever now. And finally, come 14th of April, Rongali Bihu, which is actually the start of the Assamese New Year, is here with a gargantuan force anticipated most by the Assamese people. Bihu, the festival of the Assamese celebrates love and romance. The air whispers sweet nothings and there is a general feeling of bliss and happiness. The beat of the drums in the distance and the sharp renditions on the pepa (the buffalo horn) add further to the fervour of every person, who has only one thing on the mind; to dance to the wild beat and blend into oblivion.
The New Guwahati Rongali Bihu Sanmilan celebrated its Golden Jubilee year on the 14th of April when the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Assam, Shri. Tarun Gogoi visited its Bamunimaidam fields and unfurled the flag. Though he stayed for just 20 minutes, yet the people of the area were morally boosted by his presence.
(For me, my happiness is always immeasurable when it's the celebration of Rongali Bihu. It is this time of the year when I can deeply inhale and take in that especially exotic aroma of my Axom, which the rains leave behind in its stead, while my whole being dances to an astral tune.)
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