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Kut
Kut is another festival that marks the harvesting season in Manipur. Feasts, traditional drinks, and merrymaking characterize the festival.
It is an autumn festival of the dissimilar tribes of Kuki-Chin-Mizo groups of Manipur. The festival has been variously described at diverse places amongst different tribes as Chavang-Kut or Khodou etc. It is a happy circumstance for the villagers whose food stock is bountiful after a year of hard labor.
The festival is thanks giving feasts with songs and dances in merriment and joviality for all, in honor of the giver of an abundant harvest, it is observed on the 1st of November every year.
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