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The Pawl Kut is a festival of Mizoram held in December in India. [1] Pawl means "Straw" hence pawl kut means a straw harvest festival. It is typically celebrated in December for two days after harvest and an important festival.
Chapchar Kut is estimated to have started in 1450–1700 A.D. in a village called Suaipui. The festival apparently originated when the hunters came back to the village empty handed, to make up for the disappointment, the Village chief proposed an impromptu feast with rice beer and meat.
Around 1000 branches in Mizoram and outside Mizoram state, in Mizoram most high school and village run the organisation. 1973: MZP revived and re-organised Mizo Traditional festival and 'Chapchar Kut'. This festival is one of the most valued festival till today by the Mizo society which is still celebrated today since that time. 1978
Mim Kut is regarded as the oldest festival of the Zo People, it was a ceremony organized for the dead. [2] Feasting is a part of it but there is hardly any fun and gaiety in it. Mim means Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi), also known as adlay or adlay millet which was introduced much later). It was held in memory of the deceased. [3]
Mizoram [a] is a landlocked state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar to the east and south, with domestic borders with the Indian states of Assam, Manipur, and Tripura. [5]
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Chapchar Kut, one of Mizoram's most cherished festivals, signals the arrival of spring and is celebrated with enthusiasm and grandeur. Held annually in March, it marks the completion of jhum (slash-and-burn) cultivation preparations.