Bhaona is like drama what is a traditional form of entertainment among assamese peoples. It was created by Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankardeva. Bhaona is a medium to convey religious messages to villagers through entertainment. It is mainly focused on ultimate victory of good with intercession by the Gods. The characters generally showing fictitious or mythological kings, queens, demons, Gods, soldiers etc. These bhaonas were mostly written by Sankardeva and Madhabdeva
In Jamuguri, Sonitpur district organized Bare Shaharia Bhaona which is a unique form of Bhaona. Jamuguri is 50 kms from Tezpur town. It has been celebrated for more than two hundred years. The mainattraction of this bhaona is - During the festival, more than 20 Bhaonas are played simultaneously in different stages under the same roof.
The Jamuguri Bare Shaharia Bhaona festival offers an example of a rural community’s adherence to simple faith in God and a desire to retain the best of their cultural-religious tradition as also their keenness to accommodate the inevitable changes in the difficult days of globalization and cultural homogenization.
