GUWAHATI: Assam is all set to have a good time Bhogali Bihu, the pageant of feasts, after the winter harvest from Friday with out the overhanging menace of one other Covid wave. Last yr, the festivities have been marred due to Omicron, a variant of Covid-19 that had compelled celebrations to be scaled down.
People throughout the state have begun making ready delicacies, together with quite a lot of indigenous desserts (pithas) produced from rice powder, coconut, sesame seeds and jaggery. Bhela Ghar, an integral a part of the pageant, has additionally been in-built many areas. Made of bamboo, banana leaves and thatch, these buildings are burned early within the morning of the primary day of the Assamese month of Magh when folks provide prayers to the god of fireside. Bhela Ghars, depicting totally different themes, have been constructed in numerous components of the state.
Markets are flooded with pithas, ladu and curd. The value of Bora rice, quite a lot of rice used to arrange pithas throughout Bihu, was being offered for Rs 60-70 per kg on Thursday whereas sesame was offered for Rs 180-200 per kg, jaggery for Rs 50-80, curd for Rs 160-180 per litre and cream for Rs 600 within the metropolis.
Places of worship just like the Basistha temple in Guwahati and Hayagriv Madhav temple in Hajo are all set to host the rituals of Bihu. Basistha temple holds a mela known as Maghi Mela and the Hayagriv Madhav temple holds Manikut Utsav.
People throughout the state have begun making ready delicacies, together with quite a lot of indigenous desserts (pithas) produced from rice powder, coconut, sesame seeds and jaggery. Bhela Ghar, an integral a part of the pageant, has additionally been in-built many areas. Made of bamboo, banana leaves and thatch, these buildings are burned early within the morning of the primary day of the Assamese month of Magh when folks provide prayers to the god of fireside. Bhela Ghars, depicting totally different themes, have been constructed in numerous components of the state.
Markets are flooded with pithas, ladu and curd. The value of Bora rice, quite a lot of rice used to arrange pithas throughout Bihu, was being offered for Rs 60-70 per kg on Thursday whereas sesame was offered for Rs 180-200 per kg, jaggery for Rs 50-80, curd for Rs 160-180 per litre and cream for Rs 600 within the metropolis.
Places of worship just like the Basistha temple in Guwahati and Hayagriv Madhav temple in Hajo are all set to host the rituals of Bihu. Basistha temple holds a mela known as Maghi Mela and the Hayagriv Madhav temple holds Manikut Utsav.
