Bohag Bihu of Assam and Bihu Songs

Goswami, Praphulladatta

Published by Publication Board (1988), Guwahati, 1988

About this Item

(12),172 pp, 24x16cm, Concering the Bohad Bihi (Baisakh) festival of Assam. Contains over 300 songs in translation. Contents: Cultural Synthesis:The Place of Bihu; Kati & Magh Bihu; Bihu as Observed by Assamese Hindus; Bhatheli Or Sori; Among Other Sections: Kachari, Lalung, Abor (Adi), Miri (Mising); Wancho; Nokte &Tangsa, Deuri; Kuki & Purum, Rabha; Huchari Singing; The Dance; Some Parallels & Similarieties Elsewhere; Choice of Life Partners; Love in Bihu Songs; Social Life in the Songs; Weaving & Spinning; Certain Technical Features of the Songs; Bihu in a Changing World; The Songs: The Setting; Love & Yearning; Chequered is the Course of Love; Miscellaneous; Huchari Songs; Miri (Mishing) Ai-nitams; The Assamese Text of the Bihu Songs; References & Notes. Some rubbing. Spine bumped. Good., dustwrapper. Seller Inventory # 005949

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bohag Bihu of Assam and Bihu Songs

Publisher: Publication Board (1988), Guwahati

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: orig. boards

Illustrator: 4pp photoplates