New Delhi: Last week, Assam etched its name in the Guinness World Records as 11,304 dancers and drummers had assembled for the “largest Bihu performance at a single venue”. However, one of the songs performed in the show has left the Naga community feeling humiliated.The 15-minute performance was organised at the Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati on April 13, the Hindu reported.Several groups, including the All Assam Naga Welfare Society (AANWS) and the All Assam Tangsa Students’ Union, have slammed the use of what they say is a “racist song” which calls Nagas ‘okora‘, meaning stupid or dumb, the newspaper reported.They have also condemned the use of the word ‘nagini‘ in the song, which means a ‘Naga woman’, but is being read here to mean a ‘snake’.According to EastMojo, the lyrics of the song say: “Nogar sange sage bogai nu moi asilu..Nogai nu alu kochu khai…okora Nogake bhinihi buli matilu majoni oi Naginike bulilu bai.” (Rough translation: I was roaming in Naga houses… Nagas have potato, yam… I call Naga brother-in-law and Nagini sister.”The song was performed by artist Ranjit Gogoi.“We condemn the song performed by artist Ranjit Gogoi in the event to create the Guinness Book of World Records. We have noticed that Naga communities have been insulted in the lyrics of the song using the words like okora Noga, Nagini, etc,” AANWS president Shompha Wangsu and general secretary Manto Konyak said in a statement on April 15, East Mojo reported.“The song intensely hurt the emotion and sentiments of the people of 10 Naga communities with 2.5 lakh population living in Assam,” they said.“The song with derogatory lyrics against Naga people by well-known artist Ranjit Gogoi is not acceptable,” Wangsu told EastMojo.“We strongly demand to ban this song in any event hereafter. We also demand an unconditional apology from artist Ranjit Gogoi for the song. Otherwise, we will be compelled to take legal recourse as well,” he said.Lohit Gogoi, another Bihu artist, told EastMojo, “I am really shocked to hear the song. It is not good to call a community okora. We should respect them and recognise their grievances. We should not hurt them.”However, officials of Assam’s cultural department, which organised the event, said the “intention was not to hurt the Naga community”, the Hindu reported.