Chapchar Kut
Mizo youths taking part at Chapchar Kut festival. (file image)

Mizoramโ€™s biggest spring festival โ€œChapchar Kutโ€ was celebrated in Tripura on Saturday.

The most popular spring festival of Mizos, โ€œChapchar Kutโ€ is celebrated in Mizoram every year in March.

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Mizos in Tripura with financial and logistical support from the Tripura governmentโ€™s Tourism and Tribal Welfare Departments are organising the day-long festival in northern Tripuraโ€™s Jampui hills.

Tripura wing of the Young Mizo Association (YMA) is also the key partner of the colourful festival.

The mega โ€œChapchar Kutโ€ festival is being held in Tripura to promote the ethnic and cultural unity among the two neighbouring northeastern states, said an officail.

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Kanchanpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate Chandni Chandran graced the Saturdayโ€™s โ€œChapchar Kutโ€ festival event, which was organised at Mizo dominated Sabual areas.

Thousands of people, comprising tribals and non-tribals, took part in the carnival, where Mizo youths and girls displayed their artistic skills and traditions.

The gaiety and fervour of โ€œChapchar Kutโ€, the biggest among the festival of Mizos and Mizoram, shines through with plenty of mass dancing and music to keep everyone in good spirits.

โ€œChapchar Kutโ€ is a spring festival celebrated usually in March after completion of most arduous task of โ€œJhumโ€ farming (slash and burn method of cultivation).