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	Today, the festival is observed in the last part of February or the early part of March when the trees and bamboos felled for jhum are left to dry and the shifting cultivators have time to relax and enjoy.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hindustan Times\|title=Egged on: Mizoram festival revives pre-Christian custom\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/egged-on-mizoram-festival-revives-pre-christian-custom/story-e6aDSthhn8K6hFP2GeblvM.html\|publisher=Hindustan Times\|accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref>		Today, the festival is observed in the last part of February or the early part of March when the trees and bamboos felled for jhum are left to dry and the shifting cultivators have time to relax and enjoy.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hindustan Times\|title=Egged on: Mizoram festival revives pre-Christian custom\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/egged-on-mizoram-festival-revives-pre-christian-custom/story-e6aDSthhn8K6hFP2GeblvM.html\|publisher=Hindustan Times\|accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref>

	The Main activities which are done during the ~~Chapachar~~ Kut are:		The Main activities which are done during the Chapchar Kut are:
	* Chhawnghnawh - A pre-Christian custom of stuffing a boiled eggs into each other's mouths.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Call to promote Mizo moral code and tradition \|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/mizoram/call-to-promote-mizo-moral-code-and-tradition.html \|website=nenow \|accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>		* Chhawnghnawh - A pre-Christian custom of stuffing a boiled eggs into each other's mouths.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Call to promote Mizo moral code and tradition \|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/mizoram/call-to-promote-mizo-moral-code-and-tradition.html \|website=nenow \|accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>
	* Dance - [[Cheraw dance]] is the Main dance but other dances performed during the festival are Khuallam, Chheihlam, Chai and Sarlamkai<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mizoram celebrates its biggest festival 'Chapchar Kut' \|url=https://www.eastmojo.com/mizoram/2020/03/06/mizoram-celebrates-its-biggest-festival-chapchar-kut \|website=eastmojo \|accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>		* Dance - [[Cheraw dance]] is the Main dance but other dances performed during the festival are Khuallam, Chheihlam, Chai and Sarlamkai<ref>{{cite web \|title=Mizoram celebrates its biggest festival 'Chapchar Kut' \|url=https://www.eastmojo.com/mizoram/2020/03/06/mizoram-celebrates-its-biggest-festival-chapchar-kut \|website=eastmojo \|accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>
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The '''Chapchar Kut''' is a festival of [[Mizoram]], India.<ref name="Barthakur2003">{{cite book|last=Barthakur|first=Dilip Ranjan|title=The Music And Musical Instruments Of North Eastern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oP4vH-4oSEcC&pg=PA55|accessdate=8 August 2012|year=2003|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-881-5|page=55}}</ref> It is celebrated during March after completion of their most arduous task of [[jhum]] operation i.e., jungle-clearing (clearing of the remnants of burning). It is a spring festival celebrated with great favour and gaiety.

==Origins and history==
Chapchar Kut is estimated to have started in 1450–1700 A.D. in a village called Suaipui. The festival apparently originated when the hunters came back to the village empty handed, to make up for the disappointment, the Village chief proposed an impromptu feast with rice beer and meat.
Since then, everyone the festival had been repeated by the village of Suaipui and spread on to other villages.<ref>{{cite web |title=THE ORIGIN OF THE CHAPCHAR KUT |url=http://mizoram.nic.in/about/oriofchapcharkut.htm |website=mizoram.nic.in |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>
Chapchar Kut was first revived in 1962 on a grand scale in Aizawl, however it was discouraged when it was felt that it did not adhere to [[Christianity|Christian]] values and rekindling the pre Christian cultural practices like drinking of rice beer, however, it was continued in 1973 on a mass scale sans animistic practice and [[cheraw dance]].<ref name="Origin of Chapchar Kut">{{cite web|last=Thanzawna|title=Origin of Chapchar Kut|url=http://www.mizoram.nic.in/about/oriofchapcharkut.htm|publisher=Mizoram.nic.in|accessdate=9 August 2012}}</ref> Even the Church which had remined critical of the festival no longer objected to the festival as it felt that traditional culture was disappearing.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pachuau |first1=Joy |title=The Camera as Witness |date=13 April 2015 |publisher=Cambridge |isbn=9781107073395 |pages=275–276}}</ref> Chapchar Kut is now held annually in the Month of March. People dance, perform skits, play musical instruments to celebrate their beloved festival with the aims of bringing camaraderie among the people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chapchar Kut: The Festival of Bonhomie |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/chapchar-kut-the-festival-of-bonhomie/ |website=thenortheasttoday |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>

Chapchar Kut is one of three annual festivals of the Mizos celebrated to mark three different stages of the agricultural cycle. The other two are Mim Kut and Pawl Kut, also revived in the last century.

==Celebration==
[[File:Chapchar Kut cheraw dance 2014.webm|300px|thumb|Chapchar Kut [[cheraw dance]], Mizoram, 2014]]
Oral traditions say Chapchar Kut was first celebrated in Seipui village in adjoining Myanmar that has a sizeable population of Mizos and their ethnic cousins. Chapchar Kut used to be celebrated to thank the gods for saving the people from harm during the clearing of forest on hill slopes for jhum cultivation at the beginning of a year. The festival used to be observed with a lot of drinking and eating. On the first night the young men and women would dance all night. The women would come dressed wearing a Vakiria. Chai dance has its origins in this festival.<ref>{{cite book |last1=LALTHANGLIANA |first1=B |title=Culture and folklore of Mizoram |isbn=9788123026589 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Of88DwAAQBAJ&q=chapchar+kut&pg=PT156 |accessdate=10 December 2018}}</ref>
[[File:Cheraw jampui.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Cheraw dance]] is performed during Chapchar Kut.]]
Today, the festival is observed in the last part of February or the early part of March when the trees and bamboos felled for jhum are left to dry and the shifting cultivators have time to relax and enjoy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hindustan Times|title=Egged on: Mizoram festival revives pre-Christian custom|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/egged-on-mizoram-festival-revives-pre-christian-custom/story-e6aDSthhn8K6hFP2GeblvM.html|publisher=Hindustan Times|accessdate=8 March 2016}}</ref>

The Main activities which are done during the Chapachar Kut are:
* Chhawnghnawh - A pre-Christian custom of stuffing a boiled eggs into each other's mouths.<ref>{{cite web |title=Call to promote Mizo moral code and tradition |url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/mizoram/call-to-promote-mizo-moral-code-and-tradition.html |website=nenow |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>
* Dance - [[Cheraw dance]] is the Main dance but other dances performed during the festival are Khuallam, Chheihlam, Chai and Sarlamkai<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizoram celebrates its biggest festival 'Chapchar Kut' |url=https://www.eastmojo.com/mizoram/2020/03/06/mizoram-celebrates-its-biggest-festival-chapchar-kut |website=eastmojo |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>
* Arts, craft and Photo Exhibition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizoram: Chapchar Kut celebration underway |url=https://morungexpress.com/mizoram-chapchar-kut-celebration-underway |website=morungexpress |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>
* Chapchar Kut run.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizoram all set to celebrate Chapchar Kut on Feb 28 & March 1 |url=https://www.eastmojo.com/news/2019/02/26/mizoram-all-set-to-celebrate-chapchar-kut-on-feb-28-march-1 |website=eastmojo |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>
* Mizo Traditional Games and costume parade.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizoram all set for Chapchar Kut festival |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/mizoram-all-set-for-chapchar-kut-festival/cid/1442360 |website=Telegraph India |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>
* Wearing of Traditional dress at work places.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mizoram to celebrate Chapchar Kut on March 6 |url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/mizoram/mizoram-to-celebrate-chapchar-kut-on-march-6.html |website=nenow |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>
* Stalls with Etnnic cuisine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chapchar Kut' festival celebrated with cultural fervour across Mizoram |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/chapchar-kut-festival-celebrated-with-cultural-fervour-across-mizoram-118030900556_1.html |website=Business standard |accessdate=12 March 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Festivals in Mizoram]]
[[Category:Spring festivals]]
[[Category:March events]]

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