{"id":17881,"date":"2022-04-14T10:30:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/?p=17881"},"modified":"2022-04-14T10:30:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T05:00:44","slug":"rongali-bihu-2022-everything-to-know-about-this-assamese-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/rongali-bihu-2022-everything-to-know-about-this-assamese-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Rongali Bihu 2022: Everything to Know About This Assamese Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Guwahati, April 14:\u00a0<\/strong>Rongali Bihu or Bohag Bihu is celebrated annually in the second week of April, signifying the time of the harvest season.<\/p>\n<p>Bohag Bihu marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year. The festival is celebrated with great joy and fervor in Assam and elsewhere in Northeastern India by the members of the Assamese community. This year, Bohag Bihu is being celebrated on April 14. Bohag or Rongali Bihu also goes by the name <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bohag_Bihu\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Xaat<\/span> <\/a>Bihu.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rongali Bihu 2022: Everything To Know About This Assamese Festival\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zsWJY_rAcp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The regional holiday of Bohag Bihu brings together the people of different Assamese communities and also promotes the celebration of ethnic diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Bohag Bihu is one of the three important festivals of Assam and a public holiday is also witnessed in the neighboring state of Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>There are three different types of Bihu celebrated by the Assamese people depending on the crop season, and Bohag Bihu is the most important out of all three.<\/p>\n<p>Rongali or Bohag Bihu is celebrated on April 14 and the celebration goes on for seven days. These seven days are \u2018Garu Bihu\u2019, \u2018Manuh Bihu\u2019, \u2018Guxai Bihu\u2019, \u2018Taator Bihu\u2019, \u2018Nangolor Bihu\u2019, \u2018Gharosia Jibar Bihu\u2019, and \u2018Chera Bihu\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rongali Bihu - marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year.\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PXr5SI-k1Fg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h6><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Also Read<\/span>:<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/shruti-haasan-makes-for-a-pretty-nari-in-this-new-look-for-the-bihu-celebration-in-assam\/\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>Shruti Haasan makes for a pretty Nari in this new look for the Bihu celebration in Assam<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guwahati, April 14:\u00a0Rongali Bihu or Bohag Bihu is celebrated annually in the second week of April, signifying the time of the harvest season. 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The festival is celebrated with great joy and fervor in Assam and elsewhere in Northeastern India by the members of the Assamese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[56,27],"tags":[2151,973,857],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rongali Bihu 2022: Everything to Know About This Assamese Festival - North East Rising<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rongali Bihu or Bohag Bihu is celebrated annually in the second week of April, signifying the time of the harvest season.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/rongali-bihu-2022-everything-to-know-about-this-assamese-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rongali Bihu 2022: Everything to Know About This Assamese Festival - 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