In Bodoland for a NAAC Visit. The four districts in Assam on the foot hills of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh have been constituted into BTAD, Bodoland Territorial Area District. From Hyderabad to Gauhati was a very bumpy and scary two and a half hour flight. After this we had to travel about four and a half hour by road into the interiors of Assam to Kokrarjhar, where the College is located. This is mostly a backward region with a huge chunk of tribal population but the girls are beautiful and very bright. We were welcome with the traditional beating of drums and the girls welcoming us with a dance. In the evening a, cultural programme was presented and we saw beautiful dances of the region, such as Bagurumba Bodo, Bihu Assamese, Garo, Bengal. The girls have a natural talent for dance and the steps are so graceful. It is really nice to know that some of the areas like this one have preserved their cultural dances.
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