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Bihu Songs of Assam is a book authored by Prafulladutta Goswamil, and published by Lawyers Book Stall in 1957. The book is a collection of 262 Bihu songs collected as early as 1921, which were first put into print in 1934. Although the songs are in English, each song is later shown in original Assamese text. [1]
Zubeen Garg (born 18 November 1972), his contributions are mostly attributed in Assamese, Bengali and Hindi films and music. Garg has recorded more than 38,000 songs in 40 different languages in the past 32 years. [1] [2] He records more than 800 songs every year [3] [4] and has recorded 36 songs in a night. [5] [6]
Assamese Zubeen Garg Zubeen Garg Zubeen Garg First song released (debut) 2004: Jonaki Raati: Assamese First solo album: Dhulir Akakh: Assamese Manjit: 2008: Rong Phool: Assamese Assamese Folk album: 2009: Sinaki Osinaaki: Assamese Second solo album: 2010: Gomseng: Assamese Rashmirekha Saikia: Bihu song album: 2010: Phagunar Gaan: Assamese Holi ...
Khagen Mahanta was a notable person in Assamese folk music and known as the "King of Bihu". His Bihu songs, Borgeet and other folk songs remain popular in Assam. The artist, along with his wife Archana Mahanta and son Angaraag Mahanta who is known as Papon, represent one of the most influential families in Assamese music. He died on 12 June 2014.
The tunes are structured in a pyramid and are always in pentatonic scale similar to other traditional music of Asia like China, Mongolia etc and dissimilar from the seven-scaled Indian music, (in contrast to the music of rest of India which is Meend based), [4] such as the Bihu songs, (common in South-East Asia and East Asia) besides languorous ...
Faat Bihu: This is a very old form of Bihu, characterized by spontaneity, popular in the Lakhimpur area of Assam. Mukoli Bihu: Young unmarried men and women attired in traditional golden silk muga dance the bihu and sing bihu songs in the open fields. The songs have themes of romance and sexual love, requited or unrequited.
There are unique features of each Bihu. The first day of 'Rongali Bihu' is called 'Goru Bihu' (the Bihu of the cows). On this day the cows are taken to the nearby rivers or ponds to be bathed with special care. Traditionally, cows are respected as sacred animals by the people of Assam. Bihu songs and Bihu dance are associated with rongali bihu.
Apart from singing in his Bollywood and Assamese industries, he debuted in Bengali music industry in 2003 where he sung two songs in the movie Mon. In the next year he sung three songs in the movie Shudhu Tumi and also was the music director in the film. [42] In 2005 he sung "O bondhure" and "Lagena Bhalo" in the film Premi.