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The interaction between man and nature has always been a topic of exploration. It has shown to be the unbreakable link in the development of successful human civilizations across rivers in a way that is both sustainable and effective at meeting fundamental needs, that has effectively led to the inventions, and advancement of the human races. This is reflected in the arts, crafts, dietary patterns, and attire indicating evidence of ecocentrism being the basis behind evolution of the Bihu festival which is being studied. Circular economy quite often focuses on local production and consumption but this is not a new concept in Indian culture and tradition as evident from various instruments, accessories that are used in Bihu. Finding these connections between traditions and sustainability is the main goal of this paper which includes evidence-based literature methods. In this study, various types of Bihu, its association with farming cycles and its close linkage with nature in terms of celebration, accessories, and musical instruments evolved from locally available material is explored. Literature and ground experience gathered during study suggests that the gatherings are one of the nodal centres for dissemination of information and intergenerational knowledge preservation at rural level. It is thus necessary to include the roots of our IKS well embedded in our day-to-day life into designing new approaches for community developments. From the findings, it can be safely stated that developmental policies recognising the sustainable connections in culture is the need of the hour to comply with international sustainability commitments.