Author: Goswami, Praphulladatta
Title: Bohag Bihu of Assam and Bihu Songs
Description: Guwahati, Publication Board, (1988). orig. boards, dustwrapper.. (12),172 pp, 24x16cm,. 4pp photoplates. Some rubbing. Spine bumped. Good. ¶ Concering the Bohad Bihi (Baisakh) festival of Assam. Contains over 300 songs in translation. Contents: Cultural Synthesis:The Place of Bihu; Kati & Magh Bihu; Bihu as Observed by Assamese Hindus; Bhatheli Or Sori; Among Other Sections: Kachari, Lalung, Abor (Adi), Miri (Mising); Wancho; Nokte &Tangsa, Deuri; Kuki & Purum, Rabha; Huchari Singing; The Dance; Some Parallels & Similarieties Elsewhere; Choice of Life Partners; Love in Bihu Songs; Social Life in the Songs; Weaving & Spinning; Certain Technical Features of the Songs; Bihu in a Changing World; The Songs: The Setting; Love & Yearning; Chequered is the Course of Love; Miscellaneous; Huchari Songs; Miri (Mishing) Ai-nitams; The Assamese Text of the Bihu Songs; References & Notes.

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, Assam Ethnography, Hindu Festivals, Bohag Bihu Fesitval, Northeast India, Huchari Song, Oral Literature, Folklore, Anthropology, Assamese Folk Songs