Assam gets ready for world record; 11,000 artists to perform Bihu Dance
Assam is preparing to set a world record by staging 11,000 performers to dance Bihu live on April 14.
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On April 14, the beginning of the festival, the Assam government has planned a spectacle around the folk dance: 11,140 artistes from all districts of the state will perform together at Guwahati’s Sarusajai Stadium in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The state is preparing to set a world record by staging 11,000 performers to dance Bihu live on April 14.
The Assam cabinet also decided that the state government will give Rs 25,000 each to 11,104 dancers, drummers and master trainers, said the CM.
According to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the aim is to “organise the largest Bihu dance performance at a single venue and make it to the Guinness Book of World Records in the folk-dance category”.
#BohagBihu heralds the arrival of spring and marks our New Year. It is the most significant Assamese celebration.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 12, 2023
This year Aadarniya PM Shri @narendramodi ji will celebrate Bihu in Assam making this ancient festival even more special.
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The PM will visit Assam on the first day of Bohag Bihu to launch projects worth Rs 8,500 crore in Guwahati. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive at LGBI Airport in Guwahati on April 14 at 11.30 am. Then he will fly to IIT-Guwahati by helicopter from LGBI Airport. After this, he will attend the inauguration programme of AIIMS-Guwahati. The inauguration of three other medical colleges from the premises of AIIMS will be done virtually. The other medical college hospitals are Nagaon, Kokrajhar, and Nalbari."
Prime Minister Modi will start the distribution of Ayushman cards to state ration card holders on April 14 in a symbolic manner, he added.
"The state government in its recent budget had emphasised on the scheme of health insurance, titled Chief Minister Ayushman Asom, on the lines of the central government’s Ayushman Bharat scheme. By April 14, Ayushman cards will be prepared for 1.10 crore ration card holders. PM Modi will reach Khanapara Veterinary Field from IIT-Guwahati in a helicopter. From there the prime minister will head to Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra. The PM will then attend a function at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra where he will be present for the closing ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee celebration of the Gauhati High Court," said the chief minister.
"In the evening, he will leave for Sarusajai Stadium to witness 11,000 Bihu dancers coming together to create a Guinness World Record of being the largest group live performance in the world," he added.