This year Assamese community of Omaha celebrated Bihu on April 14th, Saturday. Families and bachelors from Omaha, Kansas and Iowa gathered at Simanta & Prastuti’s house in the evening for Bihu celebration. Authentic Assamese foods like pitha, laru, jalpan and a dinner was organized as a part of the Bihu celebration. Kudos to every one for preparing such great Assamese foods that really made that night memorable.
Everyone of every age group jumped into the Mukoli Bihu. It was really fun to watch people dancing on their own ways. Ms Janu Sharma of Omaha and Ms Sangeeta Pathak of Kansas led the group with a very high level performance. Miss Monalisha Baishya of Omaha and Miss Nandini Sharma of Kansas of the younger generation did a very good job as new learners. Thanks to Ms Janu Sarma of Omaha for teaching Bihu dance to the new generation prior to the Bihu celebration. In the middle of Mukoli Bihu, Debasis Talukdar of Kansas gave us a nice break. He showed his martial art Black Belt level skills by breaking three (one inch each) wooden pieces with his hand.
Finally, on behalf of Assamese community of Omaha, I would like to thank following individuals for joining us in Omaha, their presence really made our Bihu celebration a great success:
a) Girish Sarma, Minakhee Sarma & Nandini Sarma of Kansas
b) Utsav Choudhury of Kansas
c) Kishore Pathak and Sangeeta Pathak of Kansas
d) Debasis Bora of Kansas
e) Harsha Phukan of Iowa
Reported by Simanta Sarma, Omaha
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