Joyous Dancing
By ARM
@responsiveme (22926)
India
May 14, 2017 9:31am CST
Mid April welcomes in the Indian new year It is spring time and time for celebrations.The spring festival has varied names in the different parts of the country.In Assam ,where I stay its is called Rongali Bihu., rongali meaning joyous
Spirits lighten as the people feel a oneness with nature.Just as the trees around are dressing up in new greenery , the people too wear new clothes on this occasion. Games and cultural events are organised.It has become a big affair and well known artists perform at these Bihu functions on the stage.
The celebrations continue throughout the month and every locality has their own event where troupes of musicians perform in the open air. The bihu songs are accompanied by indigenous instruments like big drums, pipes made of buffaloe horns, brass cymbal, bamboo clapper and flutes .The dancers wear the traditional muga silk and have orchids in their hair.
The rythym of the dancing feet and the music are so infectious that the whole crowd feel like getting up and dancing.
PHOTO:My picture of the Bihu performance in the field opposite my house.
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@LadyDuck (458212)
• Switzerland
14 May 17
@responsiveme The are where I live is full of mulberry plants, because here was a place of silk production. My grandmother worked in a silk factory when she was a young girl, in Italy, but only few kilometers from here.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
14 May 17
It's made from traditional muga silk...Silkworms that feed on mulberry plants
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
14 May 17
Very interesting.
I had not known when the new year was there but it is spring and everything turning green and lots of festivities.
Nice to see it here thank you
Happy New Year to you. Even now it is May.
Happy New Year to you. Even now it is May.6 people like this
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
14 May 17
Happy New year...the greenery is still new and spring is in the air.
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
19 May 17
@TiarasOceanView They look so happy and contented.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
14 May 17
Wow I heard about this festival and the dance, I like those saris very much. But didn't know that it's celebrated for a month, hope you had a great time.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
14 May 17
@responsiveme I love those saris, is the saris special for the festival
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
14 May 17
The main function is two days same as baisakhi, poila boishak...But throughout the month there are these performances.yes I enjoyed
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 May 17
Couldn't you type in Bihu dance on YouTube...Better still it would be really great if you all would come for a visit
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
14 May 17
Wow! That's very interesting indeed! India is a land of color and festivities all year round @responsiveme
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
15 May 17
Looks like India is a great place to see in the spring
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 May 17
It is a great place for festivals at any time of the year.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 May 17
They are very much a part of life all over India
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
14 May 17
No masks here.yes there are similarities in folk dances
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 May 17
No , I just took photos not video or audio.You could look up Bihu, Husori,Mukoli Bihu in you tube.
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@just4him (306266)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 May 17
@responsiveme It's beautiful.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 May 17
Thank you. This is the traditional dress.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 May 17
Yes to all of that and it keeps our traditions alive
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
14 May 17
That's awesome, the costume is beautiful too.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 May 17
Glad you like it...Yes the costume is special...Made of indigenous muga silk
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 May 17
@FayeHazel of course , I do and a couple of old ones as well which were my mil's.
It has become very costly now and pure muga is hard to get.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 May 17
@responsiveme Oh wow, no wonder it's so pretty. Do you have such a garment?
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 May 17
Yes everybody was very upbeat...Thanks and wishes go out to you too
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@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
16 Aug 17
@responsiveme I love listening to native music. It does relax me a lot.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
16 Aug 17
Yes, the atmosphere is so informal and it is indeed joyous dancing
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I see what look like some standing microphones - were the dancers singing too?@responsiveme (22926)
• India
14 May 17
It was a competition among different troupes, so the microphone...The boys and girls have to dance, sing and play the instruments
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
19 May 17
@responsiveme Yes, heheheehe I was once a university dance troupe member
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
19 May 17
I was in the audience.Glad to know you like to dance
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
14 May 17
It is...Those who watch also feel like dancing
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@AliCanary (3045)
•
14 May 17
What fun! Dancing seems to be a very big part of Indian culture, and I like that.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 May 17
It is...So many dances .All occasions end in dancing in groups
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
15 May 17
I have few Asamese colleagues, they are good in bihu dance and they make good food at that time
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 May 17
The food bihu is Magh bihu..This is the Bohag bihu.Glad you enjoy the dances and pithas
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
15 May 17
@spaceseed
Sorry the other one went by nmistake...here is the Brahmaputra . You will like visiting Assam.
This is the picture of the river Brahmaputra which flows through our state. It originates from a glacier in the Himalayas and flows downwards. It assumes...
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
15 May 17
@responsiveme are you asames, I would like to go there once..I want to see brahmaputra and majoli island
