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Mizos have kept their rich cultural heritage, colorful customs and lively traditions.Festivals and daces of the Mizos have a unique tribal flavor. Other than Christmas and New Year's Day, which are the most popular festivals, Mizos celebrate a number of traditional festivals (KUT).
The Traditional Festivals celebrated most are: Mizos practice what is known as 'Jhum cultivation'. They slash down the jungle, burn the trunks and leaves of trees and cultivate the land. All their other activities revolve around the Jhum opertations and their festivals are all connected with such agricultural operations.
Mim Kut
Mim Kut or Maize Festival is usually celebrated during the months August and September, after the harvest of Maize. Mimkut is celebrated with great fanfare by drinking rice-beer, singing, dancing and feasting. Samples of the previous year's harvest are consecrated to the departed souls of the community.
Chapchar Kut
Chapchar Kut is another festivals celebrated sometime in March after completion of their most ardous task of jhum operation, i.e., jungle-clearing. This is a spring festival celebrated with great eclat.
Pawl Kut
Pawl Kut is Harvest Festival - celebrated during December to January after the harvests are over. It is perhaps the greatest festival, with plenty of grains in the barn and all the labours of the year over, what better time is there than this to have a great festival.
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