Festivals and Fairs

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Festivals and Fairs in the month of November


Majuli Festival - Assam
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The Majuli Festival is celebrated in November at Majuli, the river island of Brahmaputra.

Majuli is home to five hundred years of Satriya living cultural tradition. During the festival, special events, cultural programmes are organized in which the various traditional and classical cultural troupes from in and outside Assam participates. Seminars are also being organized on different topics.

A grand exhibition cum sale is also organized where the artists and experts demonstrate various Assamese products specially designed and prepared by them like tribal garments, handicrafts, traditional pottery items, items made of bamboo and cane.

During the food festivals organised along with the Majuli Festival, one can test the Assamese and tribal dishes.

A side attraction of the festival is to participate in the daily sight seeing arrangements.


Photos by courtesy of Office of India Tourism, Amsterdam.

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