Shoppers flock to markets to buy ready-made mejis

The Assamese people in Guwahati are getting ready to celebrate the festival of Bhogali or Magh Bihu on Saturday. This festival is celebrated on the first day of the month of Magh in mid-January and is one of the most popular festivals in Assam. The main celebration of this festival is the burning of a conical structure called a Meji. This tradition is still followed religiously in rural areas of Assam, but in Guwahati it is difficult to find the raw materials to make a Meji, so people often buy readymade ones. Khanaparasix mile area is buzzing with shoppers where a bihu market has been set up. Mrinal Baishya, a shopkeeper from Rangia in Kamrup who has come to sell Mejis, says that the price of a small Meji is around Rs 200, while the larger ones cost around Rs 3000. He says that the price is justified because the materials needed to make a Meji, including transportation costs, were all brought from other parts of the state. A resident of Hatigaon area, Akhim Deka, says that he is not able to go to his hometown to celebrate Bhogali, but that does not mean that

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