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Me-Dam-Me-Phi: Know About An Ancient Festival Celebrated By Ahom people In Assam
Me-dam-me-phi is an annual state holiday that Assam observes on 31 January. Assam. It could be equated to the Mahalaya Amavasya Day wherein we conduct ancestral worship for the departed souls. This is probably what we have in common with the Ahom Community or Tai Ahom community that is a part of the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh milieu. In 2023 Me Dam Me Phi arrives on Tuesday, 31st January.
Historical Background
Me Dam Me Phi can be split into three words, the Me, Dam and Phi which mean Offerings, dead forefathers and Gods respectively. Being the primary festival of the Ahom group, It offers the prasad to the Dam Chao Gods. The very first ancestral worship was first conducted by a king namely Swargadeo Sukapha, at Charaideo. It had been relegated to the background and treated as a private festival for years to come. It had to wait up to the end of the 20th century, to be announced as a government holiday and a day for public celebration. The Tai Ahom community of Assam celebrates this festival on January 31. It is treated more as a festival than as a event with religious flavour. It is commendable that the Assamese community is upholding its bygone traditions with an equal fervour and zeal. January 31 is a declared state holiday for the purposes of celebrating the Me Dam Me Phi festival. Departed souls and the Dam Chao Gods by name Grihadam, Dam Changphi, and Me Dam Me Phi receive devout offerings made by the people of Assam on this day. They are considered to be Gods of heaven.
Celebration Of Me-Dam-Me-Phi
Since
Ahom
groups
are
clustered
around
sivasagar,
Dibrugarh,
Lakhimpur
districts
of
Assam
the
festival
is
celebrated
with
utmost
prominence.
Guwahati
is
another
place
that
receives
the
gods
of
heaven
with
an
elaborate
fanfare
and
due
enthusiasm.
Dance
drama
and
music
feature
as
the
prime
activities
that
go
on
uninterrupted
in
the
evening.
A
pillar
by
name
Dhamkhuta
is
established
and
worshipped
with
homemade
wine
and
mah-prasad
that
consists
of
beans
and
chickpeas,
and
rice
with
meat
and
fish.
The
festival
is
celebrated
on
such
a
grand
scale
that
people
from
not
only
the
Assamese
community,
but
also
from
other
communities
take
an
enthusiastic
role
in
its
observance.
Community
feasts
are
open
to
all
those
who
participate
in
it
and
the
cultural
programs
are
in
tune
with
the
spirit
of
the
times,
and
pique
the
interest
of
the
audience
by
their
folksy
rendition
and
archaic
Assamese
style.
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