Q. Consider the following pairs:
Tradition — State
- Chapchar Kut Festival — Mizoram
- Khongjom Parba ballad — Manipur
- Thang-Ta Dance — Sikkim
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 1 and 2
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
Answer: (b) 1 and 2
Notes:
- Chapchar Kut:
- The Chapchar Kut is a festival of Mizoram, India.
- 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.
- Chapchar Kut is celebrated 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.
- Cheraw dance is a traditional bamboo dance performed by the Mizo people of Mizoram, India, consisting of mostly six to eight people holding pairs of bamboo staves on another horizontally placed bamboo on the ground. The male performers then clap the bamboos rhythmically while groups of female dancers dance in intricate steps between the beating bamboo.
- Khongjam (Khonjem) Parva:
- Khongjom Parva is a ballad singing tradition from Manipur, India, that emerged after the Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891, commemorating the heroic deeds of Manipuri warriors who fought against the British Empire.
- Thang-Ta:
- Thang-ta is a traditional Manipuri martial art and dance form, originating from the Meitei people of Manipur, Northeast India, known for its sword and spear movements and its connection to war dances.
- Thang Ta was also known as Huyen Lallong which means ‘The art of sword and the spear’.