{"id":65258,"date":"2019-04-23T00:48:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T19:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=65258"},"modified":"2019-04-23T00:48:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T19:18:33","slug":"rongali-bihu-celebrated-at-rgu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/04\/23\/rongali-bihu-celebrated-at-rgu\/","title":{"rendered":"Rongali Bihu celebrated at RGU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>RONO HILLS, Apr 22:<\/strong> The 18th Rongali Bihu celebration of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) was held recently in the university&#8217;s auditorium with much fanfare and gaiety.<br \/>\nAfter paying floral tributes to Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika, RGU Vice Chancellor Prof Saket Kushwaha spoke about how Rongali Bihu continues to be &#8220;the lifeline of the socio-cultural life of the greater Assamese community.&#8221;<br \/>\nRegistrar Prof T Riba highlighted how Rongali Bihu &#8220;has come to fill the vacuum in Rono Hills after Nyokum, Losar, Holi and Mopin celebrations.&#8221;<br \/>\nProf Riba also sang a Bihu song and lauded &#8220;the close communion between the Assamese and Arunachalee communities.&#8221;<br \/>\nRongilee Rono, the souvenir of the celebration committee, was also released on the occasion.<br \/>\nXusori and Bihu dances were performed by the Assamese community of RGU, members of the RGU Assam Students&#8217; Forum, and other invited troupes. Several other songs and dances celebrating the vibrant colours and diverse cultures of different communities were also presented.<br \/>\nA musical presentation by the students of the Bihpuria Blind School was the highlight of the programme.<br \/>\nThe prizes for the painting and essay competitions held in the morning were also distributed.<br \/>\nEarlier in the morning, the Bihu flag was hoisted in front of the auditorium by Prof HN Sharma, the president of the celebration committee.<br \/>\nProf Sharma highlighted the journey of the Bihu celebration at RGU, which started 18 years ago, and observed how it has &#8220;bridged the hills and the plains by celebrating different hues and colours of life, and the diversity among the different cultures.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RONO HILLS, Apr 22: The 18th Rongali Bihu celebration of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) was held recently in the university&#8217;s auditorium with much fanfare and gaiety. After paying floral tributes to Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika, RGU Vice Chancellor Prof Saket Kushwaha spoke about how Rongali Bihu continues to be &#8220;the lifeline of the socio-cultural life [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}