CULTURE OF NORTH EASTERN INDIA – FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS OF MIZORAM


CULTURE OF NORTH EASTERN INDIA – FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS OF MIZORAM

Festivals: 







                                            Chapchar Kut is the oldest festival in Mizoram. On this festival farmers cut bamboo forests to make place for seasonal farming. The drying of heaps and the festival to celebrate the coming of spring formulates the true meaning of Chapchar Kut. Mim Kut is an annual festival like Chapchar Kut. It is the maize festival. During the time of Mim Kut celebration it is believed that the dead ancestors visit the houses of their children and relatives, special offerings are made for them. Pawl Kut is celebrated to the harvest of straw. It is the thanksgiving festival. Rice beer is primarily consumed during this festival.


Marriage:


                        Mizoram has the most number of inter-caste marriages. The Mizo tribes follow the tradition of bride pricing, a custom where payment is made by the groom's side to the bride's kin. Knowing how open-minded the Mizos are, the boy and the girl are given an extended courtship period, and then the engagement follows. Most of the weddings take place in the Church. The groom wears black suit. The bride wears white wedding gown. Mizos live in joint families, so when the bride arrives at her new home to share with not just her new husband but potentially with a whole gang of in- laws.

Dance:
CHERAW
                                 
           Khuallam literally means 'dance of guests." In order to claim a distinguished place in the society and to have a place in paradise or Pialral one has to attain the coveted title of 'Thangchhuah'. One could get the title of Thangchhuah by performing feats and dances. Thangchhuah therefore could be attained only by the brave or by the rich. The ceremonies performed in this method are known as Khuangchawi. Guests invited from the other villages at the Khuangchawi ceremony enter the arena dancing Khuallam. Cheraw is the traditional dance of Mizos. Men sitting face to face on the ground tap long pairs of horizontal and cross bamboo staves open and close in rhythmic beats. Girls in colourful Mizo costumes dance in and out of that bamboo beats. Gongs and drums are used to accompany the dance.
                                                                      
                                                                                                          R.VARSHAA


Comments

  1. imaginatively creativeFebruary 11, 2019 at 9:08 PM

    Blog is precise and short. It beautifully depicts the broad-minded mizorians marriage and dance.
    G.Abirami

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  2. UnknownFebruary 12, 2019 at 5:37 AM

    Hamsika
    wow! I got to know so much about the tradition and customs . Different types of marriages are good to know about.

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  3. imaginatively creativeFebruary 12, 2019 at 6:46 AM

    The dance forms is interesting. -Archita. T. Menon

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  4. imaginatively creativeFebruary 12, 2019 at 6:55 AM

    The dance forms and festivals of Mizoram are unique and interesting. It was nice to know about the form of marriage in Mizoram. Nice Blog.
    Faaiqa Aisha

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  5. imaginatively creativeFebruary 12, 2019 at 7:27 AM

    Great work. It describes the dance, festivals and rituals very well in the shortest way possible.
    Faadila Aisha

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