Mizoram

bazaar

Beef meat selling in a large number in Mizoram's Bara Bazaar. Despite its image for venerating the cow as a sacred beast and regarding the eating of beef as "taboo," tens of millions of people in India do indeed eat beef on a regular basis.…

bazaar

Mizo women selling vegetables, local chillies, green leafs etc at Bara bazaar market, Aizawl, Mizoram. Bara Bazaar is the heart of Aizawl. It is not only the biggest but also the most colourful market in Aizawl.

Mizoram emerges as one of the known producer of silk in India. Sericulture is an agro-based industry.

Silkworm nicely eats mulbery leave and silkworms are kept in tray that are filled with mulberry leave as silkworm feeds on mulbery leaves. Mizo women and men works to promote sericulture in Aizawal, Mizoram.

bazaar

Women are seen selling beef meat at a local market in Mizoram. Despite its image for venerating the cow as a sacred beast and regarding the eating of beef as "taboo," tens of millions of people in India do indeed eat beef on a regular basis…

festival · crafts

Dance troupes from North East performing at Anthurium festival 2013 in Mizoram. The Anthurium Festival is a 3 day-long event organized every year in September by the State govt.

festival · music

North-east Indian rock band drives the crowd crazy at Lyuva Khutla festival 2018. Lyuva Khutla, the most important and biggest cultural as well as thanksgiving festival of the Mara tribes of Mizoram, was celebrated in southern Mizoram’s Sia…

music · festival

Feli Fanai puts up a show during the Chapchar Kut, an important festival celebrated in Mizoram after the clearance of the jungle and the initiation of jhum cultivation. The singer who sings in Mizo language rocks with her songs on stage.

festival · crafts

Hmar, Mizo, Paite, Zomi and many more tribes from Mizoram showcasing their cultural dresses at Anthurium festival. The Anthurium Festival is a 3 day-long event organized every year in September by the State govt.

music · festival

Mizo choir group from Aizawl presenting hymnal song during Chapchar Kut festival in Mizoram. Mizoram, the land of the beautiful Mizo people, is one of the seven sister states of North-east India.

festival · dance

Chapchar Kut is one of the oldest festivals of Mizoram and has a great cultural significance. It is an annual harvest festival celebrated in the month of March for a week.

dance · festival

Mizos use large water pipes and splash water on each other as they enjoy the Festival of Joy In Mizoram. Mizoram, the land of the beautiful Mizo people, is one of the seven sister states of North-east India.

dance · festival

"Cheraw dance" - the traditional mass bamboo dance of Mizoram performed on the occasion of Anthurium Festival 2013 at Reiek Village, 20kms away from Aizwal.

music · farmland

Mizo singer Laithangpuii gives a special number during Thalfavang Kut in Mizoram. Thalfavang Kut festival is considered as one of the most significant festivals in Mizoram.

dance · festival

Nepali folk dancers dancing to the beat of maruni song at Thalfavang Kut festival in Mizoram, India. It is a female dance where the Maruni dances with two boys in the art of maruni dance.

dance

Cheraw is a very old traditional dance of the Mizos. It is believed that the dance had already existed way back in the 1st Century A.D., while the Mizos were still somewhere in the Yunan Province of China, before their migration into the Ch…

festival · music

Mizo children during the Chapchar Kut celebration squad in circle and plays their indigenous game. Chapchar Kut is celebrated by the local people of Mizoram in the month of March every year.

festival · music

Mizo youth presenting a melodious Mizo song during Anthurium Festival 2015 in Mizoram. The Anthurium Festival is a 3 day-long event organized every year in September by the state govt.

sport · dance

Young Mizo boys and girls take part in a bamboo-carrying race which is locally known as Ketaminu tlansiak in Mizoram during Chapchar Kut in Mizoram.

village · river

Zokhawthar is a village in the Champhai district of Mizoram, India. It is located in the Khawzawl R.D. Block, on the Indo-Burma border, near the Rih Dil lake. The serene looking lake is a mere 22 km. away from Champhai and is about 3 km.

river · lake

Rih Lake is the largest lake in Mizoram, but is situated in Burma,” goes the common saying. This is an awkward claim to make, but it is a fact due to arbitrary political boundaries.

music · festival

Mizo singer enthrall audiences during Chap Char Kut celebration in Mizoram. Mizoram, the land of the beautiful Mizo people, is one of the seven sister states of North-east India.