guwahati any speculation of holi turning out to be a muted affair this time was put to rest as many took to the streets of guwahati on tuesday to soak in the festive spirit the coronavirus scare and political upheavals took a momentary back seat as youths across communities played holi shook a leg to songs and took part in the rang dance which turned the commercial hub of fancy bazar in guwahati into a festive corner we were living every moment as we celebrated rang dance in fancy bazar in wake of the corona scare the number of participants were less this year but still about 10000 soaked themselves in colours said shailendra sharma an organizer of the rang dance in fancy bazargroups also gathered in numbers by the side of the brahmaputra and danced to the tune of holi songs while holi was celebrated for two days in various parts of the state starting from monday the biggest celebration has been going on in barpeta since sunday evening in and around the revered barpeta satra holi geets are being played with burha satriya head monk basistha dev sarma leading the doul utsav celebrationsthough we are going ahead with the celebrations sick people suffering from fever and cold should not join the mass gatherings everyone should stay cautious at this hour of crisis and should not use unknown chinese holi items said sarma on sunday a team of health department officials headed by director of health services dr rathindra bhuyan had met sarma and urged him to issue an appeal to the devotees to take all possible precautionary measures the health department officials added that they want the satra management to ensure that people who show symptoms of flu and common cold are not allowed to take part in the celebrationssince barpeta satra witnesses the biggest congregation during holi in assam the health department is not intervening into ageold rituals but through the burha satriya we want to pass on a message to the public that people who have symptoms of coronavirus should not join in the mass celebrations bhuyan had saidin the educational institutions too hostel boarders played holi the prime attraction of the day however was an anticoronavirus rally videos of which went viral on social media the videos showed a group of young people raising slogans of coronavirus go back coronavirus lei lei sei sei coronavirus go away and tumi jodi asomiya amar logot jog diya if you are an assamese come and join us while playing holiearlier in view of the global coronavirus outbreak chief minister sarbananda sonowal urged people to celebrate the festival with adequate precautions assam governor professor jagdish mukhi too asked people to exercise caution while celebratingi hope the festival becomes a harbinger of joy happiness and merriment for all cutting across all religions castes creed and ethnicity i also hope that the colours of holi help everybody to overcome seasonal aliments and allow people to become healthy and wealthy i at