In Western Assam (Lower Assam) there is hardly any dance and music of the Bihu type so common in Eastern Assam (Upper Assam), but a special spring time festival of this region is a fair usually held in the first week of Baihag or third week of april. It is known as Bhatheli in northern Kamrup, Sori or or Suanri in southern Kamrup. The bhatheli-ghar come from another village, resulting in a sort of mock fight between them and the local youth. In the southern part of Kamrup, where the festival is known as Sori, planting of tall bamboos is not seen, but bamboo posts,with the tuft at the top. People bow before the bamboos in northern Kamrup and they also touch them with reverence, but it does not look like any sort of bamboo worship.
