Festivals

It is an annual three daysfestival organized by Department of Tourism, Government of Mizoram. The venue for the festival is set at Tuirial Airfield, an abandoned airstrip 21 Km from the city centre. It is celebrated to showcase the diverse culture and traditions of the Mizos with a host of entertainment. It is usually celebrated during month of November. Today, Winter Festival is celebrated with a plethora of activities, games, music etc. Other activities include exhibition of handlooms and handicrafts, traditional dances and music, performances by well-known artistes and bands, carnivals, local cuisines, etc. to name a few. The main highlights of the festival is Hot Air Ballooning and Powered Hang Glider not found anywhere in the north east except Mizoram. The annual MIMSA Motor Sports racing takes place during the festival.

Christmas is a vital festival in Mizoram and it’s the most busy year along with the best holidays. While the Christmas Festival is on.You’ll see that there’s no shortage of Christmas markets, holiday shopping and festive entertainment during Mizoram’s Christmas Season. Prayers and worship services were held at different churches across The State on Christmas Eve to celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ.Christmas carols and free gospel street concerts mark the Christmas Eve programme, while Mass Hymns of Christmas in traditional tunes continue till 12 ‘O’ clock at night.

Lyuva Khutla (festival) is celebrated after completion of arduous jhumming task (slash and burn). It is celebrated as thanksgiving to the almighty for his helps and blessings.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 Siaha and Tipa

Hlukhla Kut is a festival of Lai people. 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.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.

Pawl Kut is the greatest of all the festivals celebrated in the state of Mizoram. Once all the harvests are over, this Harvest Festival is celebrated with great fun. The festival is usually celebrated either in the month of December or January.