Assam's harvest Bihu, marking the end of the reaping season. Communities build meji — bonfire structures — burned at dawn after a night of shared feasting in makeshift bhelaghars built in the fields.
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The bhelaghar huts built for the pre-dawn feast are traditionally burned along with the meji bonfire the next morning, a practice held to symbolize letting go of the old harvest year entirely.
Traditional games like buffalo fighting and egg fighting historically accompanied the festival in rural Assam, alongside communal feasting on the new rice and til-based sweets.