Mizoram

festival · crafts

Group of Mizo youth take hot air balloon flight during Thalvafang Kut in Mizoram. As planned to be celebrated as Adventure Festival, participants from outside the State have been invited to take part in several events during the festival li…

music · farmland

Mizo singer Lawmi Khiangte presenting love song at Thalfavang Kut. Thalfavang Kut festival is considered as one of the most significant festivals in Mizoram.

festival · old town

Mizo women demonstrate rice pounding at the annual Thalfavang Kut Festival. Festivals of Mizoram are full of joy and happiness and are a great insight to the rich cultural heritage of the Mizos.

music

Mizo singers sings out Mizo classic numbers during 'Zo Lunglen Zan' - Concert for relief fund in Mizoram.

A man making aluminium utensils in Mizoram, India, mostly with his bare hands and minimal use of tools.

A documentary on the state of Mizoram: the land of the hill people. Mizoram is one of the Seven Sister States of the North Eastern India, sharing borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur and with the neighboring countries of Bangl…

dance

Sarlamkai/Solakia Dance performed by the Mara young association of Mizoram during the Chapchar Kut Festival 2012.

festival · music

Mizo Choir group sings melodiously during Chapchar Kut celebration in Mizoram. Mizoram, the land of the beautiful Mizo people, is one of the seven sister states of North-east India.

farmland · festival

Youngsters take part in Insuknawr or rod-pushing at Thalfavang Kut festival in Mizoram. Thalfavang Kut festival is considered as one of the most significant festivals in Mizoram.

music · farmland

The young Mizos have taken up western music and dances with great aplomb. For Thalfavang kut young Mizo boys and girls performing live on stage.

festival · farmland

Thalfavang Kut festival is considered as one of the most significant festivals in Mizoram. Completion of weeding of the crop fields to make them suitable for harvesting activities is a primary farming operation of the cultivators of Mizoram…

dance · festival

Mara dancers perform folk dance during annual Anthurium Festival in Mizoram, India. The Anthurium Festival is a 3 day-long event organized every year in September by the state govt.

highway · river

Vaipuanpho falls is one of Mizoram's lesser known seasonal waterfalls located at Reiek road.

music · farmland

Gospel song sung by a local Mizo singer at Thalfavang Kut 2013. Thalfavang Kut festival is considered as one of the most significant festivals in Mizoram.

farmland · festival

Group presentation by Mizo group at Thalfavang Kut 2013. Thalfavang Kut festival is considered as one of the most significant festivals in Mizoram.

festival · crafts

Various local products of Mizoram like handicrafts, handloom items, bamboo products etc are put on display and for sale during Anthurium festival.

Insuknawr or rod - pushing is an indigenous game of Mizoram, a state in North-East India. In Insuknawr, a circle 15-18 ft diameter is drawn. The players make use of a round wooden rod approximately 8 ft long and 3 - 4 inches in diameter.

festival

Time-lapse of crowd gathering to witness Chap Char Kut festival in Mizoram. The Chapchar Kut Festival is a festival of Mizoram, India.

dance · festival

Mizo women showcasing Parlam dance of Mizoram at Chapchar Kut 2015 in Mizoram. Mizoram, the land of the beautiful Mizo people, is one of the seven sister states of North-east India.

festival · music

Chapchar Kut is celebrated by the local people of Mizoram in the month of March every year. During the seven whole days of Chapchar Kut the Mizoram people engross themselves into an infinite aura of mirth and merriment.

festival · music

Models displaying the traditional Mizo attire during the Chapchar Kut Festival. Chapchar kut festival is celebrated in a grand way in Aizwal - Mizoram.

dance

The most colourful and distinctive dance of the Mizo is called Cheraw. Long bamboo staves are a feature of this dance and it is known to many as the Bamboo Dance.

festival · music

Chapchar Kut is celebrated by the local people of Mizoram in the month of March every year. During the seven whole days of Chapchar Kut the Mizoram people engross themselves into an infinite aura of mirth and merriment.