The week-long celebration of Chapchar Kut, the most important and joyous traditional festival of the Mizos culminated into a grand finale across Mizoram with the celebrations in Aizawl being graced by state Chief Minister Lalduhoma as ‘Kut Pa’ (father of the festival) at Lammual.
The theme for the 2026 celebration at Aizawl Lammual is “Zonun Ze Mawi – Inremna.” The Day being public holiday, people from all walks of life, young and old dressed in traditional attire thronged the venue of the festival in their respective places where the joyous celebration took place the whole day.
Addressing the grand celebration of Chapchar Kut at Lammual in Aizawl, ‘Kut Pa’ Lalduhoma said “Chapchar Kut is the beginning of farming, their main source of livelihood, for our agrarian ancestors.” He appealed to the people to maintain peace amongst themselves on the occasion of the festival.
He encouraged the Mizos across the globe to live in peace and harmony with one another in keeping with this year’s festival theme, “Zonun Ze Mawi – Inremna.” He urged people to choose peace and harmony over violence during the auspicious occasion, expressing hope that the festival would strengthen unity and goodwill among the community.
The Chief Minister stressed that Mizo traditional values such as respect for elders, selfless service, mutual understanding, and helping one another in times of need are fundamental to maintaining social harmony and unity. He also spoke about the wisdom of Mizo ancestors, which continues to provide valuable guidance for both community well-being and economic progress.
During the celebration of Chapchar Kut at Lammual in Aizawl, exuberant dancers danced to the tunes of traditional music and songs while popular Mizo dances including Cheraw, vapual lam, salu lam, sarlamkai, chai, parlam, rallu lam and siktuithiang lam were performed by different cultural troupes. Apart from this various Mizo traditional practices like lengkhawm zai, costume parade, darbu zaipawl, mizo indigenous games, pawnto and chawnghnawh (stuffing boiled eggs/biscuit into each other’s mouths) which exposed Mizo culture were demonstrated by individuals and groups.
