Of Rongali Bihu and its preservation
Staff Reporter
DIBRUGARH, April 11: With only a few days to go for the Rongali Bihu celebrations to begin, various organizations have geared their preparations to hold Bihu functions. There seems to be an undeclared competition among them to offer bigger prize money to Bihu Konwaris and husori teams.
It is, therefore, not surprising that the commercialization of the festival had invited criticism with voices of dissent growing louder. As against the tradition of celebrating the festival for the first seven days of the month of Bohag, the functions continue well beyond the month, sometimes till the month of June, though the first month of the Assamese year long gets over. These issues came under discussion during a programme organized by Lok Sanskriti Sangrakhyan Aru Samannay Parishad, Assam (LSSASPA) here yesterday.
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