actress mahika sharma who has featured in television shows like ramayana fir and tu mere agal bagal hai says bihu is the time to be thankful and honour farmers and cattleshe says the bohag bihu marks the beginning of the harvest season and is also an assamese new year it is an upbeat assamese festival celebrated for a period of seven days it is the time to show gratitude to our farmers and animalsread alsodebina bonnerjee and gurmeet choudhary perform chhati chila puja for their newborn baby girlnew parents debina bonnerjee and gurmeet choudhary celebrated the sixth day of their baby girls arrival following gurmeets rituals from his hometown bihar on this day it is believed that god decides the destiny for the new borncattle and farm animals are honoured on the first day of the festival the animals are allowed to roam freely in the field on that day this ritual is performed to express gratitude to the animals who assist farmers in farming we also pray to god for a fruitful year ahead the miss teen northeast feels bihu is about art and culture of assam she tells the festival is also credited to art and culture and we all celebrate the heritage of the state as during this occasion people dress up in traditional muga silk attire sing traditional bihu melodies and perform traditional dancemahika who is also known for featuring in movies like mr joe b carvalho mardaani and chalo dilli is hosting bihu get together in mumbai to mark the celebration im organising a small bihu get together at my place here in mumbai i enjoy hosting bihu every year im all prepared with new mekhela chador and bihu song collections bihu dance is meant to celebrate and emulate the seasonal spirit celebrating fertility and passion and also i have invited a chef from assam to cook the bihu delicacies such as jalpan and laroo it will be a great bihu after two years of the pandemic she adds