ICOMOS India (NE) and ICICH Hold Webinar, “Bihu : An Agrarian Festival of Assam”

Written by Angela Labrador on 20 October 2020. Posted in News, Workshop

On 20 September, 2020, ICOMOS India (North East Zone) in association with ICICH hosted the webinar on “Bihu: An Agrarian Festival of Assam.” Highlights of the webinar included the following presentations:

• Glorious Intangible Heritages of Bihu festival, Pradip Neog
• Vyah-gowa Ojapali, Dilip Changkaoty

The event was covered in an article published by the Assam Tribune.

Videos

View examples of the intangible heritage related to the festival:

• Bihu dance
• Bihu Husori – example 1
• Bihu Husori – example 2
• Jeng Bihu
• Playing Gogona in Bihu
• Vyah-gowa Ojapali

Celebration of the Kati Bihu festival of Assam at the Auniati Sattrat, Majuli, 17 October 2020. Photographs by Samiran Goswai

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