Assam village gives livestock, animals as lottery prizes
Villagers in the Barpeta district of Assam organised a lottery to mark the New Year and the prizes to be won included livestock and animals. The organisers gave a cow, a goat and a duck as the first, second and third prize respectively. A number of hens and fishes were also given out as consolation prizes.
While people all over the country celebrated the arrival of a new year in a lot of different ways, this bizarre new year celebration in Assam will leave you bedazzled for sure.In the Barpeta district of Assam, the locals organised a lottery in which the prizes to be won are not cars, bikes and appliances but livestock and animals!In a bizarre list of prizes, the organisers handed out a cow, a goat, a duck as the first, second and third prize, and a number of hens and fishes as consolation prizes.Interestingly, even after the announcement of the list of prizes, people queued up in huge numbers to buy the lottery tickets.For the locals of Assam, lotteries like this are a common occurrence and happen in almost all the villages of the state.