Mim Kut
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The Mim Kut is a festival of Mizoram, India. It is usually celebrated during the months of August and September, after the harvest of maize.[1]
Origin and History
Mim Kut is regarded as the oldest festival of the Mizo, it was a ceremony organized for the dead. Feasting is a part of it but there is hardly any funand gaiety in it. Mim means maize or corn. It is observed after the maize or corn is ripe. It was held in memory of the deceased.[2]
Celebration
Mim Kut is celebrated with great fanfare by (illegally) drinking rice-beer, singing, dancing, and feasting but without gaiety. Samples of the year's harvests are consecrated to the departed souls of the community. As Mim Kut is a period for lamentation, it is also known as Tah Kut, which means‘festival of weaping’
References
- ^ Barthakur, Dilip Ranjan (2003). The Music And Musical Instruments Of North Eastern India. Mittal Publications. p. 55. ISBN 978-81-7099-881-5. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "OVERVIEW OF MIZO FESTIVALS AND CEREMONIES" (PDF). shodhganga. Retrieved 20 September 2020.