Chapchar Kut

Recently, Mizoram’s most important and largest spring festival Chapchar Kut concluded a week-long series of cultural festivities.

• Chapchar Kut 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 was celeberated under the under the theme “Zo nun ze mawi – Inremna” (Mizo Ethics – Reconciliation).
• During this festival, both the men and women get dressed in their traditional attire with distinguished headgears and traditional jewelry
• One of the greatest highlights of Chapchar Kut is the popular bamboo dance called Cheraw.
• Bamboo dance features men tapping ....