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SECON iii ASSAMESE LITERATURE 1. spoon of old song, Blade, otc. Before proceedin to examine the real subject of Assamese literature it is desirable to notice the song, ballads, riddles and woverbs which have never been reduced to writing and which have been handed down by oral tradition from a renoe antiquity down to the present day. They reflect the inclectual, moral and social state of the people of Assam in ages gone by. They, in fact, give us an idea of the degree of civilisation and culture at some remote priod in history. With the change of our speech the languag of the songs, ballads, etc. has also undergone the necessary changes. New matters have also been introduced here and there. But still the ancient state of society is there and they afford means by which the daily life of our people, their religion and their progress in the arts and science can be traced, I shall cite only a few instances. o Boat-Song- (1) Gale tulasir mala, | Dambaru bajay e! (i) Hai re! Bali e; Kaina Phuleswari e. (ii) E kaina Yusswari , Phulare gan glan pahi; Ki e he pt gamatar aina c. iv) Hasati ahar, temi aihar; Katari maihar bar; (a) Kala mekul; Nao yy cur; Baitha yay jumuri dhari c. ১) Bihu-Nam:- These songs are sung by young rustic boys while girls dance to the accompaniment of instrumental music during the Bahag Bihu festival (at vernal cquinox). Some of them are very elegant and poetic. Only a few are given here. (6) Ati genehare wire mahura Ati cenehar mako: Tatokai genehar Bhagar Bihuti Nemari kenotai thakon :