[Assam] Assamese community celebrates Rongali Bihu in Dubai

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

   [panel.jpg] A troupe performing Bihu on the occasion.
   Assamese community celebrates Rongali Bihu in Dubai
    GUWAHATI, April 24 â The Assamese community in United Arab Emirates (UAE)
   celebrated Rongali Bihu a couple of days ahead of the festival with
   traditional fervour and gaiety, informs a press release received here
   through e-mail.
   Around 150 people gathered at the Ibis World Trade Centre Hotel in Dubai for
   a cultural evening featuring popular guest artistes from Assam. Long-time
   Dubai resident Aswini Borkotoky welcomed the gathering on behalf of the
   organisers, Assam Society, Dubai. Another senior citizen of Dubai, Col
   (Retd) Mahananda Medhi, welcomed the guest artistes with the traditional
   gamocha and souvenirs.
   Moinul Haque, one of the biggest names in the art of mime in India, kept the
   audience in raptures in a 30-minute show. Another high point of the evening
   was a one-man humour act of Deva Prasanna Das.
   Popular singer Krishna Mani entertained the crowd with Assamese modern songs
   and Bihu songs.
   Dayananda Gogoi and Siba Bora played the dhol, Sumanto Dutta the guitar,
   Sumon Bordoloi the cymbals and Padmaneel Lahkar the keyboard during Nathâs
   live act. Also accompanying the entourage from Assam was percussionist Rupak
   Sharma.
   A hussori was also presented by the local residents of Dubai. The hussori
   troupe, led by Dayananda Gogoi and Siba Bora on the dhol and Sumon Bordoloi
   on the traditional cymbal, comprised Sandeep Bhagowati, Utpal Nath Aswini
   Borkotoky, Dipak Tumung, Dhiraj Tumung, Momy Dowerah and Kanchan Bharali.
   Abudhabi-based sisters â Niharik and Netra Dutta presented a dance recital
   based on a Rabha folk song.
   Earlier, the cultural function got off to a start with a chorus, Asom Aamaar
   Rupohi, sung by Parul Hazarika, Padmakshi Borah, Anita Barooah, Dimple
   Bhagawati, Momy Dowerah, Dayananda Gogoi, Sumon Bordoloi and Tipak Tumung
   with Siba Bora accompanying on the tabla, Dhiraj Tumung on the guitar and
   Padmaneel Lahkar on the bongo.
   The programme was compared by Aroonim Bhuyan who also conducted a quiz on
   Assamese tradition and culture.
   This was the 10th occasion that the Assam Society, Dubai, has organised this
   event, having started way back in 199 with an outdoor programme at the bin
   Majid Beach Resort in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
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