Rongali Bihu (Bohag Bihu) 2025: Rongali Bihu, or Bohag Bihu, is likely one of the most important festivals celebrated in Assam, which formally marks the start of the harvesting season.
Rongali Bihu additionally marks the primary day of the Hindu photo voltaic calendar, which is why it’s also celebrated because the Assamese New Yr. This yr, the celebrations of Bohag Bihu will start on Monday, April 14 (2025), and is about to conclude on Sunday, April 20.
Bihu is a triannual competition, with Bohag Bihu being the primary of the three, with Ronagli or Bohag Bihu being celebrated within the second week of April, whereas the remaining two Bihu – Kati Bihu and Magh Bihu – are celebrated in October and January.
The Assamese phrase “Rong” in Rongali Bihu is ‘to pleasure, which represents the spirit of pleasure and happiness within the competition. Rongali Bihu, like different harvest festivals, includes folks from the farming neighborhood providing their gratitude to the almighty for a protected and profitable harvesting yr forward.
The Assamese neighborhood mark the competition by feasting, singing, and performing the standard Bihu dance, celebrating the arrival of the New Yr.
Notably, comparable spring harvest festivals are held all through India; like in Punjab, it is named Baisakhi; in Tamil Nadu, as Puthandu; in Kerala, as Vishu; and in West Bengal, as Pohela Baisakh.
Regardless of regional variations in traditions, the core of those festivals stays the identical – the start of spring and the harvest season that brings folks collectively throughout the nation in joyful celebrations.