What is Bihu music?

Bihu songs are the most famous among music lovers in Assam and are based on themes like Assamese new year, farmers’ daily life, love and more. Bihu music is played with instruments like dhol, mohor singor pepe, cymbal, a bamboo instrument called gogona and a clapper made from bamboo known as toka.

Which is the famous dance of Assam?

Bihu
Bihu is the most popular folk dance of Assam. Bihu dances are performed by young boys and girls during the Bihu festivities which represent youthful passion, reproductive urge, and joy.It is characterized by brisk dance steps, and rapid hand movement. Dancers wear traditionally colorful Assamese clothing.

Where is famous Bihu dance?

Assam
One cannot describe Assam without talking about the world famous Bihu dance, which has become the identity of the northeastern state. Performed mostly during the annual Bihu festival celebrated around April, it is Assam’s most popular folk dance.

What are Bihu songs called?

The name Rongali suggests a vibrant celebration of the rebirth of spring. This is when nature revives afresh with the first rain, and Soha Axomiya (rural Assamese people) hum their favourite Bihu tunes to the sounds of dhol (drum) and pepa (hornpipe), the two key instruments of Bihu.

What is the folk song of Assam?

The indigenous music of Assam includes Bihu songs, Bodo, Karbi and Mising songs that are all structured and sung to the Pentatonic scale quite similar to the traditional music of China, indicating a strong influence of Chinese music on Assamese culture.

What do Bihu dancers wear?

The women performers of Bihu wear a traditional lower body garment known as Mekhala, while a chaddar is used to cover the upper portion of the body. Besides the mekhala and Chadar, women also wear jewellery and put flowers in their plaits to celebrate the spirit of spring.

How is Bihu dance?

The Bihu dance is a folk dance from the Indian state of Assam related to the festival of Bihu. This joyous dance is performed by both young men and women, and is characterized by brisk dance steps, rapid hand movement, and a rhythmic swaying of the hips in order to represent youthful passion.