Photos by Nayan Kalita
Mousimi Brahma’s Bihu group dance at NE Bohag Bihu-2008Hussori led by Purandar Sarma at NE Bohag Bihu-2008Rick & Nick singing Ruprekha Bhuyan singingSangeeta Dutta dancing solo Bihu
True to the tradition of past many years, this year too the NE Assamese community congregated at the Kingston Presbyterian Church, Kingston, New Jersey, on January 12th, to celebrate one of the most important festivals of the Assamese - the Magh Bihu. The Assamese diaspora from the tri-state area and neighboring Pennsylvania and Delaware […]
A fashion parade of colorful ethnic attires from north east
A North East Cultural Dance Festival & Fashion Show was organized by Assam Association Delhi at India Gate Lawn recently as a part of its Diamond Jubilee Celebrations. Various artists and more than 20 renowned models from Assam arrived in capital to bring the culture, […]
Magh Bihu was celebrated all over Assam on January 14th and 15th, 2008. It was celebrated all over the world wherever Assamese people are. In Nagaon, Assam, it was celebrated in a special way. There was a show called “Amaar Oxom” where large-scale models of religious and other buildings were built on Nehrubali, right […]
A Bihu team from Assam performed in New York ’s popular Bryant Park at 42nd St. for three consecutive days beginning Sunday (9/24) through Wednesday (9/26). It was a part of the India at 60 Celebration in New York. The celebration coincided with the gathering of heads of states from all […]
This year Assamese community of Omaha celebrated Bihu on April 14th, Saturday. Families and bachelors from Omaha, Kansas and Iowa gathered at Simanta & Prastuti’s house in the evening for Bihu celebration. Authentic Assamese foods like pitha, laru, jalpan and a dinner was organized as a part of the Bihu celebration. Kudos to […]
On 14th April 2007, while the kith and kin of the Probasi Asomiyas were sleeping peacefully after a fun-filled day of Goru-Bihu, a Bihutoli in Garden City, a suburb of Detroit, USA, came alive with the many people from Assam living in the states of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and the neighboring city […]
Atikoi senehor mugare mohura
tatokoi senehor maku,
tatokoi senehor bahagor bihuti
nepati kenekoi thako.
This year Rongali Bihu in Australia was celebrated with great enthusiasm and passion, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne. It is heartening to see the small Assamese community upholding the ‘Axomia Xangskrity’ (Assamese Culture) far away from the native land.
The evening in Sydney started with […]