Kamrupi Lokgeet is popular form of folk music that expresses thoughts and emotion of the common people. These folk songs are derived from Kamarupa kingdom of Lower Assam

Lower Assam

Lower Assam or Western Assam is a region of Bharat situated in the great plains of the Brahmaputra valley. It was home to the mighty kingdom of Kamarupa . Guwahati, the largest city of North-East India is located here while Dispur, the capital of Assam is in Guwahati.-History:Ancient Lower Assam,...

.These songs are sung from time immemorial by various people of erstwhile undivided Kamrup district. Beside this various forms of songs linking the day to day activities are also popular like marriage songs (biyar geet),now khelor(boat race) geet, maha-kheda (mosquito driveout)geet,child's play geet, boroshibowa (fishing) geet, nisukoni (lallabye)geet and various forms of bihu geet. This folk songs play important part of life of common people.