Guwahati: From high quality curd made of buffalo milk from lower Assam’s Sorobhog, which is famous for its taste and quality, curd of cow milk from Ramdia along with readymade pithas (rice cakes) and other items and raw materials flooded the city markets as just two days are left for the festival of feasts, Magh Bihu, also known as Bhogali Bihu.
Bora rice (sticky rice), which is used for preparing pithas, sesame, jaggery, seera (flattened rice) and coconuts from various parts of the state, including Goalpara, Nalbari and Kamrup in lower Assam and Jorhat and Sivasagar in upper Assam in the city markets are giving major Bihu vibes to revellers.
Bajwi Rabha has come to Guwahati by train from Goalpara to sell Bora rice, coconuts and sesame. “I reached Paltan Bazar around 6.30 am. I brought two quintals of Bora rice, which I sold within an hour,” she added.
Bora rice was being sold for Rs 60-Rs 70 per kg in the city while sesame for Rs 220-Rs 250 per kg and a pair of coconuts for Rs 100-Rs 120.
Traders of the oldest fish market at Uzan Bazar ghat of the Brahmaputra river on its south bank are all set to provide a variety of locally produced fish, including hilsa and catla on Uruka day on Sunday. “The market opens with sunrise on Uruka day. Thousands of buyers throng the market here with the first ray of the sun on Uruka day. Fishes of several crores of rupees are sold on that day. This time also, we are expecting a good sale,” a member of the fish market said.
He said mostly traders bring fishes from Morigaon, Nagaon, Barpeta, Nalbari and Darrang. “Demand for hilsa and catla remains high. People also ask for other fishes like rohu. Moreover, outside the fish market, traders from neighbouring districts of Guwahati come to sell locally produced vegetables and ducks for the feast,” he added.
Chandan Bora, a reveller, said the prices of products were reasonable this year. “Everyone is happy with the prices,” said Bora, who will also buy a readymade meji, which is made of thatch, hay and bamboo and is burnt on the next morning of Uruka as a prayer to agni (fire).
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Bora rice (sticky rice), which is used for preparing pithas, sesame, jaggery, seera (flattened rice) and coconuts from various parts of the state, including Goalpara, Nalbari and Kamrup in lower Assam and Jorhat and Sivasagar in upper Assam in the city markets are giving major Bihu vibes to revellers.
Bajwi Rabha has come to Guwahati by train from Goalpara to sell Bora rice, coconuts and sesame. “I reached Paltan Bazar around 6.30 am. I brought two quintals of Bora rice, which I sold within an hour,” she added.
Bora rice was being sold for Rs 60-Rs 70 per kg in the city while sesame for Rs 220-Rs 250 per kg and a pair of coconuts for Rs 100-Rs 120.
Traders of the oldest fish market at Uzan Bazar ghat of the Brahmaputra river on its south bank are all set to provide a variety of locally produced fish, including hilsa and catla on Uruka day on Sunday. “The market opens with sunrise on Uruka day. Thousands of buyers throng the market here with the first ray of the sun on Uruka day. Fishes of several crores of rupees are sold on that day. This time also, we are expecting a good sale,” a member of the fish market said.
He said mostly traders bring fishes from Morigaon, Nagaon, Barpeta, Nalbari and Darrang. “Demand for hilsa and catla remains high. People also ask for other fishes like rohu. Moreover, outside the fish market, traders from neighbouring districts of Guwahati come to sell locally produced vegetables and ducks for the feast,” he added.
Chandan Bora, a reveller, said the prices of products were reasonable this year. “Everyone is happy with the prices,” said Bora, who will also buy a readymade meji, which is made of thatch, hay and bamboo and is burnt on the next morning of Uruka as a prayer to agni (fire).
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