• Joymoti Basumatary
• DR. BHUPEN NARZAREE

The Bodos are the largest and the important tribe of Assam. They are racially belonging to the Mongoloid tribe and the Sino-Tibetan speech community originated in the plains areas of China Yang-Tse-Kiang and Hoang-ho valley. The Bodos are entered in Assam through the courses of the Brahmaputra, Testa, Sankosh, Subunsiri, Dibang, Dihong valley and mountain passes of Assam and Burma through the North-East and South- East and settled in Brahmaputra valley as well as hills areas of Assam. They also spread the neighboring state of Assam such as- Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, and West-Bengal. The Bodos have rich and glorious cultural traditions. They celebrate different festival. The Bwisagu is a greatest and popular festival among the Bodos. The aim of the study is to highlight the celebration of Bwisagu festival and its changing trend. Bwisagu is a spring time festival observed by various community of Indian nation by various names. In this paper discussed about the Bwisagu festival i.e. how to observe, relation with religion, relation with agriculture, costume and dresses systematically and thoroughly.

Keywords: Festival, Culture, Religion, Agriculture.

"THE BWISAGU FESTIVAL OF THE BODOS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.126-131, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907D21.pdf

"THE BWISAGU FESTIVAL OF THE BODOS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp126-131, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907D21.pdf