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About Mizoram
One of the Seven Sister States in northeastern India, Mizoram is crammed between Myanmar in the east and south and Bangladesh in the west. The state is rich in flora and fauna, with different kinds of tropical trees and plants thriving in this scenic terrain.
The Festival
Locally, kut means festival. The three Kuts in Mizoram are Pawl Kut, Chapchar Kut and Mim Kut, all connected by agricultural activities and rejoiced with feasts and dances. Arguably the greatest Mizo festival, Pawl Kut is celebrated in the months of December-January to commemorate the end of harvest season. This harvest festival, spanning 1-2 days, is celebrated after the village had gathered its harvest.
There is a legend regarding the origin of Pawl Kut. Earlier, when the Mizos used to live to the east of the Tiau River in the Chin Hills (now in Myanmar), there was famine for three years consecutively. In the fourth year, however, the people had abundant crop, which they believed was a blessing of the Almighty, and as a thanksgiving they celebrated Pawl Kut.
During this festival, it is customary for all to eat meat and eggs. A few days before the day is fixed for the feast, men go out hunting wild animals, trapping birds or fishing, and even the poorest do so. Like Chapchar Kut, mothers and children assemble at the Lungdawh bringing with them plates of rice, boiled eggs and meat and feed one another performing Chhawnghnawt. Chhawnghnawt is also attended by young men and girls. The men gather in the houses of affluent persons and drink Zu. The festivities are followed by Eipuar Awm Ni (day of rest).
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