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The refreshing rains has heralded spring in
Minnesota in its most breathtaking way. The snow white robes and the frost
candied grass are long gone, giving way to a perfect April month of spring. The
assamese community of Minneapolis and St.Paul were very
fortunate this year in celebarting Rongali Bihu in the midst of all the
youthful greenery. Geeti and Prantor Bora were the wonderful hosts to this
years bihu held at 'The Pointe' , downtown St.Paul on April 16th 2005. It
was a festive and a fun filled day with loads of good food, music and
games. The growing assamese community in the Twin Cities and
neighboring Rochester has made this year's bihu very
special. Our bihu celebrations got started with blessings
from Mr. A.Sarma ( Pankaj's father) who also spoke on the richness and
significance of our Bohag Bihu. The ladies sang" biswor chonde chonde"
Our talented friends made the cultural program
very engrossing and entertaining. On one hand were the traditional
husori, bihu dance, borgeets, bihu songs, and on the other were
the songs of Rafi and Kishore, modern Indian songs and dances, western
classical songs and and a mesmerising break dance - in all a perfect blend
of both the worlds. And to add to the revelry were the koutuks
which made us all laugh to our hearts content! The little ones sang
assamese songs which was a sweet treat to everyone. I think we all enjoyed the
bihu toli like experience right here!
Equally fun were the games. The marble in a spoon
race, tug of war and the carrom competitions were unbelievable fun.
Thanks to all the ladies who took great efforts
in making the sumptous food. It was truly a treasure of exotic indian and
assamese dishes.
The mood to go on with the celebrations
was evident even after the long long day! We concluded the evening
with O Mur Aponar Dex and with lot of good moments to cherish our bihu
celebrations came to an end.
Thanks to everybody for coming, participating and taking part in this fun
event.
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