Rongali Bihu begins with Goru Bihu, the day that belongs to the cows. They are taken to the river, rubbed with turmeric and urad paste, struck gently with sprigs of dighalati and makhioti, fed brinjal and gourd, and their old ropes are thrown away and new ones tied.
Only on the second day does the house have its own turn. The order is deliberate: the animals that pull the plough are new-yeared before the people who hold it.
Then the Bihuwan — a woven gamosa — is given to the elders, and the husori singers go from courtyard to courtyard, and the week does not really end for seven days.
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