{"id":84903,"date":"2020-01-15T21:08:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12969"},"modified":"2020-01-15T21:08:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:38:42","slug":"assams-rongali-bihu-artists-decry-order-on-cheque-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/assams-rongali-bihu-artists-decry-order-on-cheque-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam\u2019s Rongali Bihu artists decry order on cheque payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Assam\u2019s Goods and Services Tax authority has asked the Bihu committees to make all transactions through cheques during the Bihu festival.If complied with,the artistes would have to pay 18% GST.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Bihu festival:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Assamese Bihu is one of the most important cultural festivals of Assam, which celebrates the change in seasons.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It mainly caters to the agrarian culture and society of the state and marks the beginning of Assamese New Year and harvest season.<\/li><li>During the festival,Bihu Dance,which is a popular folk dance associated with the state of Assam is also performed.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Types of Bihu festival:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Bhogali or Magh Bihu<\/strong>:The Magh Bihu festival is celebrated during January.It sees the first harvest of the season being offered to the gods along with prayers for peace and prosperity.<\/li><li><strong>Rongali or Bohag Bihu:<\/strong>It is observed in April.Rongali or Bohag Bihu is the Assamese New Year and Spring festival.The Rongali Bihu coincides with Punjabi New Year Baisakhi.<\/li><li><strong>Kongali or Kati Bihu<\/strong>:It is observed in October.During this festival,Bodo people of Assam light lamps and pray to God for a thriving harvesting season.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Assam\u2019s Goods and Services Tax authority has asked the Bihu committees to make all transactions through cheques during the Bihu festival.If complied with,the artistes would have to pay 18% GST. Facts: About Bihu festival: Assamese Bihu is one of the most important cultural festivals of Assam, which celebrates the change in seasons.&nbsp; It mainly caters&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/assams-rongali-bihu-artists-decry-order-on-cheque-payments\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Assam\u2019s Rongali Bihu artists decry order on cheque payments<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[2016],"class_list":["post-84903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-rongali-bihu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700779192,"cached_date":1704640570},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}