Guest Artist : Lalramthari Lalsim | Nulding Kut Festival 2020
Venue : Saipung, Lamzol
Date : 11 January 2020
NULDING KUT
Nulding Kût -The Festival of Renewal of Life is one of the most prominent and remarkable festival among all the festivals of the Biates. It is celebrated in the beginning of every year to mark the beginning of a new year before making a new start afresh since time immemorial by our forefathers. In the present time, this festival is celebrated every year by the people of the Biate Community on the 11th January (Tualbual) as fixed by the Community as a permanent date. This festival is now celebrated in East Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya with a Government Holiday as declared by the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of the District and in Dima Hasao of Assam as declared by the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council.
Nul-Ding Kût is one of the most revered festival of the Biate among the other festivals like the Pamchar Kût, Lebang Kût & Favang Kût. In ancient times, this festival is marked by religious rites such as offering of sacrifices to 'Chung Pathian' or 'the God Above' and then followed by socio-cultural merry-making fellowship marked by dances, singing of folk songs and the drinking of traditinally fermented beer called 'zu'. Since the ancient times, the festival wear a festive look with all men and women folk adorning themselves in their best attire. Young men and women indulgently take part in different traditional sports like Poi-rikap, lamving rikap (men's top game), farel rinôl (tug-of-war), thing-ilui (pole climbing), farel-ikho (pestle throw), etc.
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