Day 1:
📅 Origins & Light
Theme: Heritage, Blessings & Community
Date: 1st August 2025, Friday


8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Cultural Procession
Gayan Bayan
Bodo Dance
Dimasa Performance
Karbi Dance
Tiwa Ritual Dance
Jhumur Folk Performance
Bihu Dance
Frog-Themed Props Parade
Choreographed Umbrella Dance
🧉 Refreshments will be provided post-procession. Performers will then line the road to welcome the Guest of Honour.
10:00 AM | Gate Opening Ceremony
Lighting of the Lamp by Chief Guest Mr. Rupak Sharma, MLA, Nagaon
Gayan Bayan Ensemble
Invocation Ceremony
10:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Inaugural Stage Session
Borgeet Performance (6 mins)
Introduction to Project eXit by MC (5 mins)
Welcome Address by Utpal Nath and/or Barnali Hazarika (5–10 mins)
Festival Anthem Chorus (5 mins)
Festival Montage (5 mins)
Dais Formation & Felicitation Ceremony
Book Launch: “The eXit” by Utpal Nath
eXit App Launch
Speeches by Guests
Vote of Thanks
Festival Essentials
Gate Decor: Sarai, Tamul Thuk, Ghot, Aam Paat, Kol Puli, Flowers
Felicitation Items: Gamucha, Heirloom Seed Packets
Refreshments: Assamese Pitha Laru, Water Bottles, Tea
Event Flow:
Day 2:
📅 Rhythm & Roots
Theme: Soil, Songs & Belonging
Date: 2nd August 2025, Saturday


8:00 AM | Morning Rituals: Stories from the Soil
Story circles with elders, artisans, farmers
Tales of monsoon birth, flood survival, ancient loomsongs
Rituals of Rain, Pothar Puja, frog wedding folklore
9:30 AM onwards | Craft Demo & Eco Bazaar
Sualkuchi weaving, Riverbank pottery, Bamboo flute repair
Frog puppet making, rain drum workshops, leaf boat crafting
11:30 AM onwards | Folk Dance Parade
Mishing Gumrag
Karbi Chomkan
Tiwa Lalang
Bodo Bagarumba
Spiral Community Rain Dance
1:00 PM | Youth Anthem Hour
Collaborative medley & crowd-sourced lyrics
Multilingual chants in Assamese, Hindi, English
Afternoon | Mud Games Arena
Frog Hop Dash
Gamusa Mud Toss
Rain Graffiti & Bamboo Beats
Selfie Splash Zone
2:00 PM onwards | Xikhya Xorai: Theatre-on-Mud
Skits: Boroxunor Bondhu, Displacement Diary, The Soil Speaks
Live folk music with dotara, khol, rainsticks
4:00 PM | Monsoon Thali & StoryFeast
Assamese delicacies: Poita Bhat, smoked fish, banana-leaf parcels
Elder storytellers & food preservation demos
5:30 PM onwards | Monsoon Gaon Games
Buffalo Dung Frisbee
Banana-Stem Boat Race
Koloh Pot Balance
Monsoon Tug-of-War
6:30 PM onwards | Xobdor Kolong Music Mash-up
Rain Drum Circle with children
Neo Bihu x EDM sets
Baul meets Beatbox
Tribal Percussion Parade
8:00 PM | Dance of the Earth
Ecstatic rain-inspired movements
Guided folk-body rhythm rituals
9:00 PM | Fire & Rain Ritual
Soil offering, sacred chants, floating lanterns, sapling planting
9:45 PM | Roots Rock Night
Folk-electronica live showcase
Visual rain symphony & motion-triggered rain corridors
11:30 PM | Baul Fire Circle Farewell
Acoustic Baul storytelling
Seed ball planting by participants
Day 3:
📅 Dreams & Drizzle
Theme: Future, Youth & Transformation
Date: 3rd August 2025, Sunday


7:30 AM | Morning Mist Meditations: Breath of the Banyan
Barefoot breathwalk
Mudra flows & silence circles
Intention leaves on the Wishing Tree
9:00 AM | Future Forum: Youth Innovation Pitch
Solar Seed Backpacks
AI Weather Radio in Assamese
Floating Libraries
Winners receive micro-grants and mentorship
11:00 AM – 1:50 PM | Monsoon Medleys @ Gaax Ghor
Acoustic Poetry (Xondhiya Boroxa)
Hip-Hop Rain Cypher
Folk-Classical Fusion (Boroxa Baahon)
MudBeats & Rain Graffiti
Youth Anthem: "Aji Etiya" (1:50 PM)
11:00 AM – 2:30 PM | Chill & Chat Tents
Acoustic Jam Corner
Tea & Pakora Havens
Monsoon Vinyl Lounge
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Ohor Xaj – The Migrants’ Kitchen
Culinary storytelling by displaced families
Menus include Assamese fish curry, Kolkata Ghoogni, Mumbai Bhel with bamboo shoots
Rain Radio booths & chalkboard “Migration Wall”
5:30 PM | The Goodbye Rain Ceremony
Folk couplets by grandmothers
Youth poetry: “Letters to the Rain”
Floating seed-paper poems
6:45 PM | Boroxunor Swapna – Projection Spectacle
Digital Rain Goddess
Stories of Displacement by youth and elders
Harmonic cross-lingual chorus
7:30 PM | Closing Concert: Rain of Hope
Ensemble performance with flutes, jazz, EDM, Tiwa vocals
Song for the Rivers – Tiwa & electronic fusion
9:00 PM | Spark Farewell Ceremony
River of Gratitude: 100 diyas
Seed Bomb Exchange
Final Poem: "Nisina Boroxunor Logot Moi Jow"
10:00 PM onwards | RainCoat Dance – Youth Afterparty
Mist-sprinkled rave under the stars
DJ sets with trance, tribal, and lo-fi fusion
Eco-glow wristbands & mirror raindrop finale (11:30 PM whisper chant)