In Jamuguri, Sonitpur district organized Bare Shaharia Bhaona which is a unique form of Bhaona. Jamuguri is 50 kms from Tezpur town. It has been celebrated for more than two hundred years. The mainattraction of this bhaona is - During the festival, more than 20 Bhaonas are played simultaneously in different stages under the same roof.
The Jamuguri Bare Shaharia Bhaona festival offers an example of a rural community’s adherence to simple faith in God and a desire to retain the best of their cultural-religious tradition as also their keenness to accommodate the inevitable changes in the difficult days of globalization and cultural homogenization. |