|
"If we had no winter, spring would not be so
pleasant..." goes a famous saying. This cannot be more apt for us living in the
north star state of Minnesota, home of the Mississippi river. It is that time of
the year when you feel like "whistling even when your shoes are in slush". But
fortunately this time the slush and the snow was long gone and spring
has sprung in its most sweetest way.With this the Assamese community
of Minneapolis and St.Paul have celebrated the soul of our springtime
festival with traditional exuberance and festivity.
It is heartening to see the Assamese community
growing with every passing year and this time too we had a few
new families adding to the fun to the bihu celebrations. It
was held on the 15th April 2006 at the 'Pointe' downtown St.Paul
( residence of Geeti and Prantor Bora). The renditioning of Sree Moi Oxomee
by the ladies started our day long bihu celebrations. This was followed by a
dazzling cultural fare which included bihugeets, lokageets, modern assamese
songs and dances.- thanks Meghna, Devika, Minti, Nilanjona, Namita, Parvez,
Pranab- for your wonderful contributions. The husori and the mukoli bihu
saw the partciaption from all our enthusiatic souls. Our young talents also
enthralled us with their keyboard and flute recitals. Meghna, Devika, Ashmita
and Sabriyah- way to go!!. The delightful and traditional bihu treats like
pitha, laru, doi, sira and of course the sumptuous lunch made us
indulge to our hearts content. Thanks to the ladies for preparing all the
appetizing assamese dishes.
The outdoor games were the crowning glory in
terms of fun and joy. The marble in a spoon race, the tug of war and three
legged race brought peals of laughter and was enjoyed by all. The kids (
needless to say the adults too!) played the marble in the spoon race again and
again as everybody wanted to be the winner and most importantly wanted the
marble too ( which was replaced by chocolate malt balls!)
With all the games, fun, food and music the day
came to an end . As we were heading home after the fun filled day our five year
old daughter said " I want Bihu to come again soon". Yes indeed, we
too anticipate with fondness for the next year's bihu and that it comes soon for
us to indulge in the revelry.
Sabina
------------------
Visit www.basketsroyale.com for all your gift-basket needs. |
_______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
