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00:00I want to give my best wishes to all of you.
00:10What is the purpose of this Meji?
00:15The purpose of this Meji is that we will have a good time.
00:23The fire of Meji makes us proud.
00:33What would you like to say to Mahabihu?
00:38We celebrate Mahabihu because it is harvest season.
00:43People come to this Meji to worship Agni Devta.
00:53This Meji is usually held in villages.
00:56Now it is held in cities.
00:58It is good that we are able to experience all of this.
01:05That's all.
01:10My name is Harikrishan.
01:12What is the purpose of this Meji?
01:19This Meji is based on agriculture.
01:2470% of India's agriculture is based on this Meji.
01:28It is still going on.
01:30People in villages celebrate this Meji because of the harvest season.
01:39This Meji is a prehistoric event.
01:43We didn't have any religion here.
01:45It was a tribal religion.
01:47During the Ahom dynasty, Hinduism came into our lives.
01:56This Meji is a symbol of Agni Bhujan.
02:04People eat together at night.
02:09It is called Bhela Ghar.
02:11People eat together at Bhela Ghar.
02:20On Makar Sankranti, people take a dip in the river.
02:27They take a holy bath.
02:29Then they light the Meji.
02:33This Meji is a symbol of Agni Bhujan.
02:35It is an assimilation of cultures.
02:39It is not one culture.
02:41It is a union of many cultures.

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