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This is Assam !

Tea, Rain, Thousand rivulet - One Bramhaputra, Forest , Elephant, Bamboo, Tiger, Grass ,

 

Rhino, Chang ghar, Lau pani, Bihu, Love, Muga, Gua, Tantra, Sex, Tambul, Tenga, Baganiya -

 

Ahamiya ! This is Assam !

 

# Chang Ghar - House on stilt ; made with wood , bamboo and mat ; it's a big hall kind family house with very little privacy .

 

## Lau Pani - Rice wine

 

### Bihu - Festival of Assam

 

#### Muga - Kind of Silk for which Assam is famous

 

##### Gua / Tambul - Kind of Betel Nut , chewed with Betel leaf and a dash of lime

 

###### Tenga - Fish curry

 

###### Tantra - Assam is the land of Tantra , famous for Kamakhya temple where the Vulva of Sati could be found . In Assam you can find two extremes , on one hand you have the Bamachar of Tantra which needs , Wine , Women , Blood and gore ; on the other every village has a Naam Ghar which shows the Vaishnavite culture of Hare Krishna !

 

###### Baganiya - Population of tea garden workers who migrated from various parts of Bihar and Santal pargana .

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