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There are several important traditional festivals in
Assam. Bihu is the most important and common and
celebrated all over Assam. Bihu is a series of three
prominent festivals. Primarily a non-religious festival
celebrated to mark the seasons and the significant
points of a cultivator's life over a yearly cycle.
Three Bihus, rongali or bohag, celebrated with the
coming of spring and the beginning of the sowing season;
kongali or kati, the barren bihu when the fields are
lush but the barns are empty; and the bhogali or magh,
the thanksgiving when the crops have been harvested and
the barns are full. Bihu songs and Bihu dance are
associated to rongali bihu. The day before the each bihu
is known as 'uruka'.
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