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鈥淟补办丑颈尘颈 Tula Sabah鈥� is one of the remarkable celebrations of the Sonowal Kacharis. They celebrate this sabah with great enthusiasm and gaiety. Almost all the communities and tribes depend on agriculture as their means of livelihood, including the Sonowal Kacharis. So for them the festival of welcoming 鈥�Lakhimi鈥� to their house and this is considered to be a remarkable celebration for the family. This sabah is generally celebrated in the month of Ahin and Kati while some perform it in the month of Phagun. The celebration of this Sabah is done both in the namghar and in individual house. Villagers gather in the namghar and they organise the sabah with the co-operation of all the others in the village. When the crops are ready for harvesting or after the harvesting complete they collect the left over crops from the paddy field and keep those in the granary.

The items required for this ceremony are -One dula made of banana sheaths, jakoi, two or three girls who have not attained puberty, two or four dulabhari, jakoiya. All these are given the responsibility by the village people and they have to remain in fast on that day. Few more items like dunori, kolosi, pithaguri, ugha are also required for the sabah. On the previous day of the Sabah the villagers clean the place and have the custom of sprinkling pithaguri by some women. A group of Gayan Bayan is followed by the young girls carrying dunories and then the dulalbharies follow them.

The village men and women including the youths take part in the procession with great enthusiasm and go to the river for performing the rituals. After reaching they make a dhip on the bank of the river. They make offerings to the Jalkonwari and these are drifted away in the water. They also have the custom of catching whatever possible with the jakois for three times. In some places the catching by jakoi is done for nine times. Whatever they get in the jakoi they bring those in the dula, as they consider all those to be Lakhimi. While the people return back tying the cotton thread in a stick, the womenfolk sprinkle pithaguri. The custom of the cotton thread and the sprinkling of pithaguri is believed to be the path made for Lakhimi to enter into the houses. The things those are collected there are then distributed among all and they keep these in their granaries. They light sakis in the evening hours on this day. In Goroimari village of Dhemaji, Lakhimi Sabah is being celebrated after every five years and the celebration continues for three days.^[1]