Saturday, 8 September 2012
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Majuli to pay tribute to Bhupen Hazarika :
Post Bureau, Jorhat (Sept 4): In 1968, the then
Assam Sahitya Sabha president Late Ananda Chandra Baruah honoured music
maestro Bhupen Hazarika with the title, “Hudhakantha”, at a programme
held at Banshi Gopal Natya Mandir in Majuli.
Now, the residents of Majuli, the world’s largest river island, is
all set to pay its tribute to the great musician by organising an
All-Assam Bhupendra Sangeet Competition at Kamalabari on October 6.
Welcome :
Today a group of member of "ABAKASH MAJULI" welcomed new SDO of majlui
Miss Laya Madhuri with a FULAM GAMUSA...... She was very much cordial with us...
We expect a lot from her.......
-Abakash Majuli
Play to highlight danger Majuli faces:
Guwahati, Sep 5 (PTI) The havoc wreaked by floods and
erosion on the world's largest inhabited river island Majuli
and the inhuman conditions that people are forced to live in
will form the theme of a play that will make its debut at the
sixth edition of an annual drama festival next week.
Parallel bid for Majuli heritage tag :
Parallel bid for Majuli heritage tag
Jorhat, Sept. 3: An agency set up to protect Majuli has initiated a
parallel effort to get the coveted World Heritage Site tag for the
island.
The Majuli Cultural Landscape
Management Authority, set up under the Majuli Cultural Landscape Region Act 2006, has proposed to seek the status for
Management Authority, set up under the Majuli Cultural Landscape Region Act 2006, has proposed to seek the status for
IMPACT OF WITCH KILLING IN MAJULI:
A recent incident occurred in Luit Sapori in Majuli, where three unfortunate folks were killed as the victims of witch killing.
Suggestive Guidelines for Web site requirement for O/o. CEO, Majuli Cultural landscape Management Authority (MCLMA) :
1) A
Committee to finalise the website design and launch process and method may be
formed consisting of Experts in Subjects of Sattras, Majuli, History,Cultural
Anthropology, Ecology, River Hydrology, NGOs
etc., apart from the set up of
O/o.MCLMA (refer MCLR act,2006)
Sunday, 2 September 2012
Friday, 31 August 2012
Chang Ghar or house on stilts :
Majuli in Upper Assam is more than just ‘the world’s largest river island.’ It is the hub of a unique sect of Hinduism thriving in Assam for centuries. The Mising tribe of Majuli, Assam, like many others in the region builds their houses on stilts.
Three suspected of witchcraft missing in MAJULI :
Three members of a family who were missing, were suspected to have been killed for allegedly practising witchcraft at Majuli in Assam's Jorhat district.
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