Chapchar Kut festival celebrated in Mizoram

Aizawl, Mar 5 : Chapchar Kut, the most important traditional festival of the ethnic Mizos, was celebrated today as all the government offices and educational institutions remained close for the day.

Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla attended the main Kut celebration at Assam Rifles ground here as “Kut Pa” or father of the festival and Beth Payne, US Consul General in Kolkata, was the guest of honour.

Different Mizo traditional dances were performed while songs were sung by well-known singers in the function.

Chapchar Kut was celebrated from the 1700s when the Mizos were in present-day Myanmar after migrating from China.

Every family has dinner with meat and eggs and it is forbidden to have quarrel during the celebration.