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Chapchar Kut
First Friday on March
Chapchar Kut is one of the most important spring festival. After the clearing of the forests for jhum cultivation, this festival is celebrated with great fervor by the people of Mizoram. Irrespective of the age, both young and old participate in the festivities with equal enthusiasm. People dressed in bright costumes with attractive head gears sing, dance and make merry. Men and women perform folk dances and sing several traditional songs as well followed by beats of drums and cymbals. It is normally celebrated during the first week of March every year
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Christmas
25th Dec
Christmas is a vital festival in Mizoram and it's the most busy year along with the best holidays. While the Christmas Festival is on.
You’ll see that there’s no shortage of Christmas markets, holiday shopping and festive entertainment during Mizoram's Christmas Season. Prayers and worship services were held at different churches across The State on Christmas Eve to celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ.
Christmas carols and free gospel street concerts mark the Christmas Eve programme, while Mass Hymns of Christmas in traditional tunes continue till 12 'O' clock at night.
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Pawl Kut
Pawl Kut is the greatest of all the festivals celebrated in the state of Mizoram. Once all the harvests are over, this Harvest Festival is celebrated with great fun. The festival is usually celebrated either in the month of December or January.
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Lyuva Khutla
Lyuva Khutla (festival) is celebrated after completion of arduous jhumming task (slash and burn). It is celebrated as thanksgiving to the almighty for his helps and blessings.
Lyuva Khutla, the most important and biggest cultural as well as thanksgiving festival of the Mara tribes of Mizoram, was celebrated in southern Mizoram’s Siaha and Tipa
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Khuado Kut
Khuado Kut (festival) is celebrated by the Paite community . It is a festival of symbolic expression of thanksgiving to the Almighty for having blessed and given a bountiful harvest.
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Hlukhla Kut
Hlukhla Kut is a festival of Lai people. It is celebrated during March after completion of their most arduous task of jhum operation i.e., jungle-clearing (clearing of the remnants of burning). It is a spring festival celebrated with great favour and gaiety.
Today, the festival is observed in the last part of February or the early part of March when the trees and bamboos felled for jhum are left to dry and the shifting cultivators have time to relax and enjoy.
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Winter Festival
It is an annual three daysfestival organized by Department of Tourism, Government of Mizoram. The venue for the festival is set at Tuirial Airfield, an abandoned airstrip 21 Km from the city centre. It is celebrated to showcase the diverse culture and traditions of the Mizos with a host of entertainment. It is usually celebrated during month of November. Today, Winter Festival is celebrated with a plethora of activities, games, music etc. Other activities include exhibition of handlooms and handicrafts, traditional dances and music, performances by well-known artistes and bands, carnivals, local cuisines, etc. to name a few. The main highlights of the festival is Hot Air Ballooning and Powered Hang Glider not found anywhere in the north east except Mizoram. The annual MIMSA Motor Sports racing takes place during the festival.
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Mim Kut
Mim Kut is also called the Maize Festival. It is celebrated generally during the month of August or September. Singing, dancing, drinking of rice-beer and merry-making are the common features of this festival.
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