AIZAWL: On Friday, the major festival of Chapchar Kut got underway with grandeur and cultural passion throughout the state of Mizoram.
The event is being celebrated this year after a two-year pandemic gap.
The Mizos celebrate Chapchar Kut, their most significant and largest holiday, in March, following the successful completion of the most difficult tasks of the Jhum operation.
The first day of the festival, which featured a variety of cultural colours and traditional dances, was celebrated by hundreds of people from all walks of life who flocked to the Lammual or Assam Rifles ground here while dressed in traditional costume.
The Chapchar Kut festival was also attended by G20 representatives who are currently in the state.
Chief Minister Zoramthanga addressed the crowd on the occasion of Chapchar Kut as "Kut Pa," or the father of the festival, and he urged Mizos all over the world to work together to carry out the festival's theme of "Zofate inpumkhatna" (unification of the Zo people).
Also, he issued an invitation to the state's largest celebration in Mizoram to the refugees from Bangladesh and Myanmar.
The CM also thanked the G20 ambassadors for attending the celebration and extended an invitation for them to return in the future to participate in future celebrations.
90 branches of the YMA performed Cheraw Kan, or bamboo dance, in a magnificent display. There were also many cultural performances and folk songs that recalled Mizo history and customs.
The pre-Christian practise of "chhawnghnawh," or putting boiled eggs into one another's mouths, was also revived during the event.
The cultural event was attended by Business20 delegates, other tourists from the nation and overseas, and the Zo brothers from the Northeast, Burma, and Bangladesh.
Recently, CM Zoramthanga announced that on March 17, Assam Rifles' new Mizoram complex will be officially opened by Union Minister, Amit Shah.
According to the CM, Shah will officially open the AR complex in Zokhawsang, close to Aizawl.
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