The Assamese community of Kuwait
celebrated Rongali Bihu this year with much fanfare under the aegis of Asom
Association Kuwait.
Rongali Bihu was celebrated over two days, on 18th April and 29th
May 2014.
The onset of Bohag,
the Assamese spring season was celebrated by organizing a day long festivity of
‘Khel-dhemali’ in the Al Fintas Park where the Assamese community gathered
for outdoor fun and games activities on 18th April. The members were
welcomed with a plateful of different varieties of pithas, larus, doi, chera, kumol saul and other snacks prepared by
the ladies. The bright sunny morning in this expansive park was a perfect
setting for the members to relax and network, while the children played to
their heart’s content. The attraction of the morning was the innovative games
devised by Dr Anjol Saikia and Anjan
Tamuli. The program ended with a wide array of delicious lunch prepared by the
members.
The main Rongali Bihu
function was celebrated as “Bornali
Kalita Xondhiya” on 29th May 2014. The venue for the celebrations was the magnificent
Indian Embassy Auditorium. The programme started at 5:30 pm with the felicitation
of the guests, Hon’ble Ambassador of India to Kuwait, His Excellency, Sri Sunil
Jain and the guest artist - melody queen from Assam Ms Bornali Kalita. It was
followed by lighting of the ceremonial lamp by them. President of the Asom
Association Kuwait Mr Anup Bora in his inaugural speech welcomed the gathering
and outlined the importance of this celebration. His Excellency Sri Sunil Jain
in his speech lauded the efforts of the Association and spoke about our
beautiful Assam and the mighty Brahmaputra. He also expressed his pleasure in
seeing the display of handicrafts and artifacts from Assam arranged as an
exhibition by Mr Jayanta Bardalaye and his team. The annual Souvenir of the
Association “Jetuka”, edited and published by Chinmoy Dutta and his team was
released by the Hon’ble Ambassador. He commended the effort and appreciated the
available literary talent. He also distributed the prizes of the Drawing
competitions to all winning children and to the members for on-the-spot
creative writing competition.
The in-house cultural
programme co-ordinated by Mitali Goswami comprised of the chorus “Srimoyee Asomir” and “Aajee Jibon Butolebe” sung by Hiren
Rajkhowa, Jayanta Madhab Saikia, Alok Das, Bijan Goswami, Atul Shah, Jayanta
Thakur, Bhaskar Hazarika, Chiranjit Barua, Mriganga Das, Bharati Sharma, Geeta
Rajkhowa, Nilakshi Bora, Pallabi Saikia, Rubi Dutta, Masum Rajkhowa, Debahuti
Das, Preety Shah, Mouchumi Sarma, Kanika Thakur, Atreyee Barua and Priyanka
Konwar, accompanied by Amitabh Talukdar on Tabla and Abhijit Sharma on guitar. A scintillating performance of Husori was performed by the group comprising of Pompy
Hazarika, Mousumi Talukdar, Kalpana Talukdar, Leena Saikia, Parimita Barooah Bora,
Niva Tamuly, Amitabh Talukdar, Bhaskar Hazarika, Bhaskar Jyoti Sharma, Mriganga
Das, Basab Sharma, Anjol Saikia.
The children amply demonstrated
their talents by performing our beautiful traditional Bihu dance (Trishala, Shreya,
Upasana, Ananya), Tiwa Bihu by Mehr, Runa, Ruhi and
Bagoromba Dance by Anchita, Anuska, Ashmita, Diksha, Meghna, Isha. A fusion of
our traditional and modern dance was performed by Rudrakshi, Jigyasa, Taniya,
Rinky, Subhangi, Riya, Riha and Devanshi. A patriotic song was performed by Adit,
Krishnanshu, Nupur, Rishi, Rounak, Rhitam, Rudrakshi, Anshita, Subhangi and
Meghna. All the children put up their best performance and
it was a treat to watch them perform. They beautifully demonstrated the diverse
Assamese culture, tradition and unity with their alluring performance. The programme was
hosted by Alok Das and Bijon Goswami.
A memento was presented to Ms
Bornali on behalf of the Association, in appreciation of her participation in
these celebrations and as a token of our love and affection. Another guest of
the Asom Association, Aakash Panwar, President of Aapna Bharat Society was
felicitated.
After the in-house cultural programme,
the stage was opened for “Bornali Kalita
Xondhiya” and the versatile singer drew attention of all in the crowd. In her
maiden appearance she showed her versatility in full measure as she sang from a
whole range of hit Assamese songs. She bonded well with the crowd as she sang
playful Bihu numbers and captivated the crowd. As she rolled out the latest
Assamese and Bollywood hits everyone including adults and children trooped onto
the stage as they sang and danced to the tune of her music.
Prizes were distributed for the Quiz series
“Xandhan” organized by Iqbal Hussain through
our website http://www.kuwaitotasom.com. Many received attractive gifts from the
Association in the raffle arranged effectively by Rajib Rajkhowa and Dwaipayan
Bora. The programme ended with ‘Vote of Thanks’ by the General Secretary of the
Association Abhijit Sharma. As we remained engrossed, we failed to notice that
it was time for dinner. The grand finale to the celebrations was the sumptuous
dinner arranged by Ranjit Dutta and his team.
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