Kut (festival)
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Kut (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is the Zo word for "festival" or "celebration".[1][2] Among the Mizo people of Mizoram, northeastern India, the term is attached to the names of a number of traditional community festivals, most of which are tied to particular stages of the annual jhum (shifting cultivation) cycle, such as the clearing of forest, the weeding of fields, or the gathering of the harvest.[3][4]
The major kuts include Chapchar Kut, celebrated in the spring after forest land has been cleared for cultivation; Thalfavang Kut, held in November after the weeding of crop fields; Mim Kut, a harvest festival for maize and other grains that also commemorates the dead; and Pawl Kut, a post-harvest thanksgiving festival held in December or January.[4][5] Other tribes and communities within Mizoram observe their own kuts on a similar agricultural basis, such as Khuado Kut among the Paite and Hlukhla Kut among the Lai.[4] Each kut is traditionally marked by communal feasting, folk dance and song, and other cultural and recreational activities, and several have been revived and promoted by the state government in the years since Mizoram attained statehood in 1987.[3][6]
See also
- Chapchar Kut
- Pawl Kut
- Mim Kut
- Mizo culture
References
- ↑ "Chapchar Kut Festival: All You Need To Know". TravelTriangle. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ "Chapchar Kut – Celebrating the End of Winter in Mizoram". Humans of Northeast India. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Festivals". Aizawl District, Government of Mizoram. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Traditional Festivals and Ceremonies". Mizoram PSC Notes. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ "Thalfavang Kut: Mizoram's Harvest Festival". MakeMyTrip Blog. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
- ↑ "Chapchar Kut: The Festival of Mizo Heritage". The Shillong Times. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
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