Assamese Songs

This page allows you to play (and download) Assamese songs (including a few by Bhupen Hazarika).

First, a few words about Assam and Assamese. Assam is a state in the North-Eastern part of INDIA surrounded by six states of India and countries such as China, Burma, Bengladesh, and Bhutan. Here is a map of Assam. Assamese is the primary language in Assam, and it is also recongnized as a regional language of India. The term Assamese is also used to identify people, as in Assamese people.

NOTE, NOTE, NOTE: I have provided a default option and two more options for each song. Hope one of them will work on your browser platform. If you still have problem, please let me know.

Currently, the following songs are available:

• Bistirno Paarore' by Bhupen Hazarika (1,428,526 bytes); provided by Satyajit Nath, satyajit.nath@sun.com
  If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  

• Koto Jowaanor Mrityu Hol by Bhupen Hazarika (1,505,008 bytes); provided by Satyajit Nath, satyajit.nath@sun.com If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2

  
  

• Mohaa Baahu Brahmaputra by Bhupen Hazarika (2,168,218 bytes); provided by Satyajit Nath, satyajit.nath@sun.com If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  

• Moy Ek Jaajaabor by Bhupen Hazarika (1,581,532 bytes); provided by Satyajit Nath, satyajit.nath@sun.com If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  

• Xomoyor Ogrogoti by Bhupen Hazarika (1,938,646 bytes); provided by Satyajit Nath, satyajit.nath@sun.com If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  

• A surprise !! by Bhupen Hazarika(670,155 bytes); provided by Satyajit Nath, satyajit.nath@sun.com If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  

• Bihu song - 1, see ** (2,228,246 bytes); provided by Dipankar Talukdar, talukdar@eng.buffalo.edu If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  

• Bihu song - 2, see ** (757,036 bytes); provided by Dipankar Talukdar, talukdar@eng.buffalo.edu If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  

• Bihu song - 3, see ** (899,552 bytes); provided by Dipankar Talukdar, talukdar@eng.buffalo.edu If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  

• O' Mor Aaponaar Dex , see *** (460,272 bytes). A post-script file of this song in Assamese script is also available. both provided by Dipankar Talukdar, talukdar@eng.buffalo.edu If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  

• Sri Moyee Oxomir , see ++ (856,430 bytes). provided by Dipankar Talukdar, talukdar@eng.buffalo.edu If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  
  
• Foolorei melaatae (2.4 Meg) sung by Pulak Banerjee. provided by Deepankar Bairagi, dbairag@eos.ncsu.edu. If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  
  
• Aakaax jetiaa xondhyaa toraai (1.7 Meg) sung by Pulak Banerjee. provided by Deepankar Bairagi, dbairag@eos.ncsu.edu. If the above selection does not work, try THIS OPTION or OPTION 2
  

** from the cassette titled 'Powalmani bihugeet'. The singers are Khagen Mahanta, Archana Mahanta, Nipul Dutta Kalita, Manajyotsna Mahanta and Anjali Rai Choudhury. Accompanied by Prasen Bora and Bipu Bora in 'Dhol', Parameswar Basumatary in 'pepa', Padma Barua in 'gagana' and Nayan Barua in 'Taal'.

*** From the cassette 'axamar xuwadi maat' produced by Heritage Northeast.

FYI, the files store audio data in 8-bit mu-law, mono, 8000 Hz format (uncompressed).

Thanks again to Satyajit Nath (email: satyajit.nath@sun.com), Dipankar Talukdar (email: talukdar@eng.buffalo.edu) and Deepankar Bairagi (email: dbairag@eos.ncsu.edu) for providing the songs for this archive.

There's a great Assamese music site; check it out!

There is a web-site on ASSAM, check it out!

Also, check out the Alumi page for educational institutions in Assam, India!

The space for keeping this archive is provided by School of Interdisciplinary Computing & Engineering at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.