Aerosol and CO emissions during meji burning

Current Science

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1270-

  Hoque, Raza Rafiqul ^a   Deka, Pratibha ^a  

^a TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 77953985715     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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2. The meji is a structure built of bamboo, leaves, straw and stubble of paddy held tier above tier with bamboo poles giving a lofty temple shaped structure of 5 to ~25 feet in the open fields. It is lit in every Assamese village after community gathering and feasting. It is also observed in open spaces in cities and towns. This can also be seen in the neighbouring states where people of Assamese origin settled, as the northeastern states were one single province - Assam, till they divided as separate states of the Indian Union in 1972.
3. Census Report, Government of India, 2001
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