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The Assam macaque or Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis) is a macaque of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, the species has been listed as "near threatened" by the IUCN, as it is experiencing significant declines due to hunting, habitat degradation, and fragmentation
Spilornis cheela
Hindi : Furj baz / Dogra cheel
Malayalam : Chutti Parunth (ചുട്ടിപ്പരുന്ത്)
Tamil : Paambu Parundhu
Bengali : Tila baj / Sabchur / Sapkheko Baj
Assamese : Sin
Sikkimese : Laknangbang
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The Assam macaque or Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis) , Monkeys chill out just from seeing their friends being groomed seeing conspecifics groom was associated with a reduction in a behavioural indicator of anxiety among bystanders, suggesting that seeing others groom is, in itself, relaxing. In addition observation of grooming bouts was associated with increases in a range of affiliative behaviours, including grooming itself , So grooming each other is not just a daily activity, it’s a strong process to better bonding among macaques .
Assamese new year entered from 15-04-2013 with Assamese new month Bahag. The spring comes to the region with a signaling of lovely cool rains on 14.04.2013 the last day of Assamese year of the last year and on 15.04.2013 the 1st day of Assamese year of this year. The people of Assam from young to aged welcoming the SPRING with observing *BAHAG BIHU* FESTIVAL, the festival of welcoming Spring in the region. *BIHU DANCE* is one of the prime cultural activity of the *BAHAG BIHU* THE FESTIVAL OF WELCOMING SPRING. The shot has been taken on a stage performance on 15.04.2013 at Guwahati the capital city of Assam.
Bahag Bihu or Rangali Bihu also called Haat Bihu (Assamese: ব’হাগ বিহু, Hindi: बोहाग बिहू) (seven Bihus) is a festival celebrated in the state of Assam, India seven days after Vishuva Sankranti of the month of Vaisakh (Bhaskar Calendar). It unites the population of Assam regardless of their social standing and it promoted diversity amongst all. The three types of Bihu are Rongali Bihu, Kongali Bihu, and Bhogali Bihu. Each festival recognizes a different agricultural cycle of the paddy crop. Rongali Bihu celebrates the beginning of the Assamese New Year on April 13, according to Hindu calendar and the sowing season of rice.[1] During Rangali Bihu there are 7 pinnacle phases all named: Chot Bihu, Raati Bihu, Manuh Bihu, Kutum Bihu, Mela Bihu and Chera Biha.
Chot Bihu (চ'ত বিহু): This is the second day of the month of Cheitra. On this day, unmarried youths freely exercise Bihu songs and dances at either an open place, field, tiniali, or a naamghor bakori (yard of community prayer hall) till uruka (one day before Rongali Bihu). That is also called Bali Husori.
Raati Bihu (ৰাতি বিহু): The is the first night of month of Cheitra till uruka night performs the Raati Bihu. It is now obsolete. Many years ago it was recognized all over Assam especially in Chowdang villages. Only females could participate in Raati Bihu. If a male wanted to participate, he could take on the role in this celebratory role playing as pepa or buffalo hornpipe. Respectively this could only be done from the distance. An essential musical instrument of this phase was the bholuka baahor toka. This is a split bamboo musical instrument. Raati Bihu was performed beneath a big tree or in an open field illuminated by burning torches. It was quite popular that region.
Garu Bihu (গৰু বিহু): Bihu is an agricultural festival of Assam. Rural people of Assam greatly depend on cattle. The last date of Cheitra month or the day of Sankranti, the first day of Rongali Bihu dedicated to cattle, is called Garu Bihu (Bihu for cattle). That day, early morning all cattle of the village are brought to a water source like a pond, river or deep open non-plugged cultivation field etc. The cattle are washed with a combination of ; maah-halodhi (black gram and turmeric paste), whipped dighloti (litsea salicifolia, a plant with long leaf), makhioti (flemingia strobilifera, a plant with flower like soft plastic butter-fly) and throwing pices of lau (bottle gourd) bengena (brinjal). People sing the following passage: "Dighloti dighal paat, maakhi marru jaat jaat; lau khaa bengena khaa, bosore bosore bardhi jaa, maare haru baapere horu toi hobi bor bor goru" . This is roughly translated as :
"with long leaf of dighloti, we kill different types of flies; eat bottle gourd eat brinjal, and grow year to year; your mother is small father is small, you be bigger one". After washing cattle the remaining branches of dighloti-makhioti and lau-bengena chak etc. are hung on the roof of the house of cattle. Village people, wander and collect exho ebidh haak (101 types of vegetable), they also collect amlori tup (larvae of weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina), bind betel leaf plant, give soil on bamboo plant root, and many other symbolic harvest related rituals. There is also time to have an egg fight, also known as Kori Khel, Paakha Khel and koni-juj. There are several other types of games to keep the celebration going till the end of the day. In the evening the cattle return in a parade type concession. There is burning rice bran to create smoke. The cattle are dressed and tethered with new ropes and wearing as garland a collection of different kinds of leaves, aromatic oils have been massaged into the whole body and horn and after the ceremonial walk back home, they are then feed pitha (Assamese sweets) while they are fanned with a handheld fans.
Manuh Bihu (মানুহ বিহু): The first date of Vaisakh month is Manuh Bihu (Bihu for Human). In the early morning, baths with maah halodhi, put on new dress and lit chaki at Gohai Ghor (household prayer place). Then bow the elder at the family. It is a tradition giving Bihuwan or Gamusa as a gift and wearing that day.
Kutum Bihu (কুতুম বিহু): The second date of Visakh is Kutum Bihu (Bihu for kinfolk). That day people visit to friends, relatives without formal invitation.
Mela Bihu (মেলা বিহু): Mela Bihu is open for all. That day people can freely meet each other. Friends & relative visits their relatives. There is no bar to see gos tolor bihu. In older days, King and his staff came out to bihutoli to see bihu. It is the base idea of recent organised Bihu Melas or Bihu functions.
Chera Bihu (চেৰা বিহু): It is the finishing day of Rongali Bihu. It is also called Bohagi Bidai, Faat Bihu etc. In the different places Assam, people celebrate it differently. In the Western Assam it is also called haat haak tula bihu (collecting seven types of vegetable). That day women collect vegetables along with singing song. Many places people exchange their pithas.
The Assamese Macaque, or simply Assam Macaque, is a member of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia. Since 2008, the species has been listed as Near Threatened by IUCN, as it is experiencing significant declines due to hunting, habitat degradation and fragmentation.
This macaque was seen in the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, a reserved forest area that initially started as a game sanctuary where children took elephant rides, near Siliguri in West Bengal, India.
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All in all it was a good and entertaining program and my suggestion is that it is something one should not miss if you are in Kaziranga. More on it here: joezachs.blogspot.in/2018/03/folk-dance-of-assam.html
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Holi (Hindi: होली, Nepali: होली, Punjabi: ਹੋਲੀ Sindhi: هولي) is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus as a festival of colours.
It is primarily observed in India and Nepal. It is also observed by the minority Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan as well in countries with large Indic diaspora populations following Hinduism, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mauritius, and Fiji.
Holi is also known as Phagwah (Assamese: ফাকুৱা), Festival of Colours, or Doḷajātra (Oriya: ଦୋଳଯାତ୍ରା) in Odisha, and as Dol Jatra (Bengali: দোলযাত্রা) or Basantotsav ("spring festival") (Bengali: বসন্তোৎসব) in West Bengal and Assam.
Holi is of particular significance in the Braj region, which includes locations traditionally connected to the Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana, which become tourist destinations during the season of Holi.[1]
As per the Hindu calendar, Holi is celebrated on the Phalguna Purnima which comes in February or March in the Gregorian Calendar.
This was my first Assamese wedding. My brother, who is a Bengali, married his Assamese gf last week. Isn't she beautiful? :)
The festival of colors
Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus as a festival of colours.
It is primarily observed in India and Nepal. It is also observed by the minority Hindus in Bangladesh and Pakistan as well in countries with large Indic diaspora populations following Hinduism, such as Suriname, Malaysia, Guyana, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mauritius, and Fiji.
Holi is also known as Phagwah (Assamese), Festival of Colours, or Doḷajātra (Oriya) in Odisha, and as Dol Jatra (Bengali) or Basantotsav ("spring festival") (Bengali) in West Bengal and Assam.
Holi is of particular significance in the Braj region, which includes locations traditionally connected to the Lord Krishna: Mathura, Vrindavan, Nandagaon, and Barsana, which become tourist destinations during the season of Holi.
As per the Hindu calendar, Holi is celebrated on the Phalgun Purnima which comes in February or March in the Gregorian Calendar.
Significance
The word Holi originated from "Holika", sister of Hiranyakashipu. The festival of Holi is celebrated because of a story in the old Hindu religion. In Vaishnavism, Hiranyakashipu is the great king of demons, and he had been granted a boon by Brahma, which made it almost impossible for him to be killed. The boon was due to his long penance, after which he had demanded that he not be killed "during day or night; inside the home or outside, not on earth or in the sky; neither by a man nor an animal; neither by astra nor by shastra". Consequently, he grew arrogant and attacked the Heavens and the Earth. He demanded that people stop worshipping gods and start praising respectfully to him.
According to this belief, Hiranyakashipu's own son, Prahlada, was a devotee of Vishnu. In spite of several threats from Hiranyakashipu, Prahlada continued offering prayers to Vishnu. He was poisoned by Hiranyakashipu, but the poison turned to nectar in his mouth. He was ordered to be trampled by elephants yet remained unharmed. He was put in a room with hungry, poisonous snakes and survived. All of Hiranyakashipu's attempts to kill his son failed. Finally, he ordered young Prahlada to sit on a pyre in the lap of Holika, Hiranyakashipu's demoness sister, who also could not die because she had a boon preventing her from being burned by fire. Prahlada readily accepted his father's orders, and prayed to Lord Vishnu to keep him safe. When the fire started, everyone watched in amazement as Holika burnt to death, while Prahlada survived unharmed. The salvation of Prahlada and burning of Holika is celebrated as Holi.
In Mathura, where Krishna grew up, the festival is celebrated for 16 days (until Rangpanchmi) in commemoration of the divine love of Radha for Krishna. The festivities officially usher in spring, the celebrated season of love.
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