Bihu

E31973

Bihu is a major Assamese festival in India that marks seasonal changes and the agrarian New Year with music, dance, and community celebrations.

All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Bihu canonical 9
Bohag Bihu 7
Magh Bihu 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assamese festival
festival
festival
festival
festival
folk dance
folk music
harvest festival
alsoKnownAs Bihu
surface form: Bohag Bihu

Bihu
surface form: Kati Bihu

Bihu
surface form: Magh Bihu
associatedEthnicGroup Assamese people
associatedInstrument dhol
gogona
pepa
taal
associatedWith Bihu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rongali Bihu

agriculture
farming community
sowing season
country India
culturalContext Assamese culture
hasComponent Bihu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bhogali Bihu

Bihu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bohag Bihu

Bihu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kati Bihu

Bihu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kongali Bihu

Bihu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Magh Bihu

Bihu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rongali Bihu
hasDanceForm Bihu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bihu dance
hasMusicForm Bihu songs
language Assamese
mainActivities community feasts
dance
folk songs
music
traditional games
monthInAssameseCalendar Bihu self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bohag

Kati
Magh
region Assam
Assam
religiousNature includes elements of folk religion
primarily secular
season autumn
spring
winter
significance Assamese New Year festival
harvest thanksgiving festival
marks agrarian New Year
marks seasonal changes
prayer for good harvest
timeReference Assamese calendar

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assam hasCulturalFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Bohag Bihu
Assam hasCulturalFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Magh Bihu
Assam hasCulturalFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Kati Bihu
Assam traditionalDance Bihu
this entity surface form: Bihu dance
Makar Sankranti regionalName Bihu
this entity surface form: Magh Bihu
Bihu hasComponent Bihu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rongali Bihu
Bihu hasComponent Bihu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bohag Bihu
Bihu hasComponent Bihu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kongali Bihu
Bihu hasComponent Bihu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kati Bihu
Bihu hasComponent Bihu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bhogali Bihu
Bihu hasComponent Bihu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Magh Bihu
Bihu alsoKnownAs Bihu
subject surface form: Rongali Bihu
this entity surface form: Bohag Bihu
Bihu alsoKnownAs Bihu
subject surface form: Kongali Bihu
this entity surface form: Kati Bihu
Bihu alsoKnownAs Bihu
subject surface form: Bhogali Bihu
this entity surface form: Magh Bihu
Bihu hasDanceForm Bihu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bihu dance
Bihu associatedWith Bihu self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Bihu dance
this entity surface form: Rongali Bihu
Bihu monthInAssameseCalendar Bihu self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Rongali Bihu
this entity surface form: Bohag
Assamese people traditionalFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Magh Bihu
Assamese people traditionalFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Bohag Bihu
Assamese people traditionalFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Kati Bihu
Assamese people traditionalDance Bihu
this entity surface form: Bihu dance
Pepa usedInGenre Bihu
this entity surface form: Bihu music
Pepa usedDuring Bihu
this entity surface form: Rongali Bihu
Pepa usedDuring Bihu
this entity surface form: Bohag Bihu
Tezpur hasFestival Bihu
Vaisakhi relatedFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Bohag Bihu
Maghi relatedFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Bhogali Bihu
Assamese calendar newYearMonth Bihu
this entity surface form: Bohag
Assamese calendar newYearFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Bohag Bihu
Assamese calendar associatedFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Rongali Bihu
Assamese calendar associatedFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Bhogali Bihu
Assamese calendar associatedFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Kongali Bihu
Pongal relatedFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Magh Bihu
Mekhela chador associatedWith Bihu
this entity surface form: Bihu festival
Majuli Island festival Bihu
Gamosa associatedWith Bihu
this entity surface form: Bihu festival
Jorhat district hasFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Rongali Bihu
Jorhat district hasFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Bhogali Bihu
Jorhat district hasFestival Bihu
this entity surface form: Kati Bihu
Tamil New Year concurrentWith Bihu
this entity surface form: Bihu (Rongali Bihu)