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Plate F · -KUTChapchar Kutचापचर कुट

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Festivals · 1 day

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चापचर कुट

Chapchar Kut

Chapchar Kut — Mizoram Bamboo Dance Festival

Pañcāṅga rule

Fixed · month 3 · day 1

Duration · 1 day

ISynopsis

Mizoram's most joyous festival celebrated after the arduous task of jungle clearing for jhum cultivation. Features the iconic Cheraw (bamboo dance), traditional Mizo music, and feasting. Young men and women in traditional Puanchei costumes perform intricate bamboo dances. Marks the onset of spring and agricultural season in the Mizo hills.

Provenance ledger

9 entries

  1. RecurrenceFixed · month 3 · day 1 · pañcāṅga ruletextual
  2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
  3. Name (eng/Latn)Chapchar Kut — Mizoram Bamboo Dance Festivaltextual
  4. Name (hin/Deva)चापचर कुटtextual
  5. Name (tam/Taml)சாப்சர் குத்textual
  6. Name (tel/Telu)చప్చర్ కుట్textual
  7. Name (kan/Knda)ಚಾಪ್ಚಾರ್ ಕುಟ್textual
  8. Name (mal/Mlym)ചാപ്ചർ കുട്textual
  9. Observed at23 templescommunity attested

IIIObserved at

23 attested
  • Temple f65fe677deity-festival association
  • Temple a7cbf6aedeity-festival association
  • Temple 5c20a148deity-festival association
  • Temple db8acaccdeity-festival association
  • Temple 7daf48cedeity-festival association
  • Temple c03c9f56deity-festival association
  • Temple 80cf8220deity-festival association
  • Temple ea217427deity-festival association
  • Temple e933a707deity-festival association
  • Temple 7cb71d15deity-festival association
  • Temple b53767cfdeity-festival association
  • Temple e0c46eb6deity-festival association
  • And 11 more temples in the register.

IVNames across registers

  • eng / LatnChapchar Kut — Mizoram Bamboo Dance FestivalMizoram's most joyous festival celebrated after the arduous task of jungle clearing for jhum cultivation. Features the iconic Cheraw (bamboo dance), traditional Mizo music, and feasting. Young men and women in traditional Puanchei costumes perform intricate bamboo dances. Marks the onset of spring and agricultural season in the Mizo hills.
  • hin / Devaचापचर कुटमिजोरम का सबसे प्रसिद्ध उत्सव। झूम खेती से पहले जंगल साफ करने के बाद का उत्सव। चेराव (बाँस नृत्य) का आयोजन।
  • tam / Tamlசாப்சர் குத்
  • tel / Teluచప్చర్ కుట్
  • kan / Kndaಚಾಪ್ಚಾರ್ ಕುಟ್
  • mal / Mlymചാപ്ചർ കുട്
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