kolkata the assamese in the city celebrated the second day of rongali bihu in a grand manner with food dance and music on saturday the malayalis celebrated vishu by offering prayers and hosting lunch the assam socio literary club asl organised a programme at assam bhavan on saturday morning where 350 people took part in bihu celebrations there were bihu dance and songs followed by food including komal rice curd jaggery which we call jalpan and other traditional dishes like pithe and laroo the women wore the traditional mekhela chadar and the men were dressed in dhoti kurta said partha pratim borthakur treasurer of asl club orihana ojah hatkhowa vicepresident of kolkata assamese cultural association said rongali bihu is all about festivity and celebrations so the association will celebrate it in a grand way on may 7 at madhusudan manchathe malayali community in the city celebrated vishu on saturday by offering prayers to lord krishna at dawn vishu is generally celebrated at home but this time we organised a lunch where the governing body members of calcutta nair service society and their families cooked various traditional dishes and shared among themselves said ramesh u joint secretary of calcutta nair service societyhe explained the tradition of vishukkani families wake up early in the morning and see the vishukkani first on vishu since it is the symbol of prosperity and peace he added n gopi a social worker said that on this day the elders bless the younger ones with some money as a token of affection