Bagurumba

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Bagurumba is a folk dance of Assam, India performed by the Boros. It is the usually practiced during Bwishagu, a festival of the Bodos in the Bishuba Sankranti or Mid-April. The Bwishagu starts with cow worship. Then young people reverentially bow down to their parents and elders.

After that Bathou is worshipped by offering the deity chicken and zou (rice beer). On this day, Bodo women in their colourful dokhna, jwmgra and aronai (attire) perform the Bagurumba dance which is also called the Bardwisikhla dance. It is also accompanied by musical instruments like serja (a bowed instrument), sifung (flute), tharkha (a piece of split bamboo), kham (a long drum made of wood and goatskin) and gongona (a musical instrument of a curved horn, like a half moon the upper portion of which is broad and round, the lower portion from where it is blown is also round, but narrow). . The festival ends with a community prayer at Garjasali. This dance prevails in Bodo inhabited areas of Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Nalbari, Darrang and Sonitpur districts.