In Assam, the popular ‘Me-Dam-Me-Fie’ festival of the Tai Ahom community is being celebrated across the State with religious fervour and traditional gaiety on Monday. On this day, the Tai-Ahoms offer oblations to their ancestors and sacrifices to Gods in traditional manner. The Tai-Ahom belief is that their worthy ancestors are still living in the Heaven. The then Ahom Kings, who ruled Assam for around six hundred years till 1826, performed this annual 'ancestor worship' initially at Charaideo, the erstwhile capital of the Ahom Kingdom, now in Sibsagar district of the State. The place is still considered to be one of the sacred spots for the Ahom community. The festival is nowadays turned as a religious, but a social gathering with enjoyment of food and fun, where all communities also join. The Chief Minister, Mr. Tarun Gogoi in a message has greeted the people of the State on the occasion of Me-Dam Me-Fie. He hoped that the festival will help strengthen unity and brotherhood among all communities of the State.