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Reviving Na Khowa, the festival of feasting in Assam

With the mercury dipping, people in Assam, particularly in the rural areas, are switching to celebration mode with the Na Khowa festival, an age-old ritual of community feasts organised to thank the gods for a good harvest. The Na Khowa festival is essentially a prelude to Bhogali Bihu or Magh Bihu, the state's annual feasting …

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December 23, 2016