Here is your short paragraph on Baisagu festival:

Baisagu is basically the Bohag-Bihu festival celebrated by the Bodo-Kacharis of Assam.

Among Darrang Kacharis, Bohag-Bihu festival lasts for seven days, during which little or no work is done, the whole period being given up to merry- during which little or no work is done, the whole period being given up to merry­making, dancing, feasting, etc.

On the opening day all cattle are taken to the nearest river or tank and there formally bathed and afterwards sprinkled with a preparation compounded of rice-bur (zu), tomatoes, and turmeric.

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The horns are smeared with oil, and occasionally with oil, ashes and pounded rice-flour are applied in patches to the bodies of the cattle. After this duty is over, the people engage themselves in merry making, dancing and singing.

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