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Festivals of Mizoram

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1. The community festivals of the Mizos are called Kut. Pawl Kut may be called a harvest festival. It is performed at the end of harvest held in the month of December.

2. On the other hand, it may be called a new year's festival. The aim of the festival is to bid farewell to the old year and to welcome the New Year.
3. Chapchar Kut is a festival of spring performed generally in the month of March or April. The festival is generally performed before the jhums are burnt.
4. The Kim Kut festival is also in a way a harvest festival. It is generally performed when the first crop other than the rice in the field is reaped and offerings are made of the reaped crop. There is a legend behind the festival.

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ICAR, NEH. Umiam
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