Kut chungchang a kukal deu deu hon igel diuva dei-um
Kut Festival ahung hi le gamtin ah kiniel na aumtei ji. Ikiniel najiu ho phabep chu “Kut” hi adih poi “Chavang Kut” tiding ahi tiloi; Miss Kut a boi loi; amun a boi loi; jukham ho jeh a boiloi; Cultural dance ah track akilha e tia boiloi; MLA/Minister ho akikou e tia boiloi; Lilili…Hohoho… hi saplou ding ahi tiloi…Kut kiti hi festival tina ahin, Kut Festival kiti hi a meaning aumpoi tiloi… atam’e. Hiche ho hi khat khat a kahin hilchen ding ahi.😓😓😓
1. KUT vs CHAVANG KUT:
Mi konkhat in "Kut" kiti hi a meaning
aum poi, "Chavang Kut" tiding ahi itiji uve. Adih tah a chu khat adih
le ani a dih ding, khat adihlou le ani a dihlou ding joh ahi. Ajeh chu ani lhon
a thilthah tobang ahi. Hetding chu ipu-ipa teuchun Kut hi jat tampi ana man jiu
ahi akiti. Hiche ho chu alhangpia muchi-chivo toh ana kisamkai ji ahi. Ajeh chu
ama ho khang a chu muchi-chivo (adeh a food crops) hochu ana poimo pen ahi. Kut
ana man houlah a gah minphah thei hochu Chang Kut, Chapchar/Chapphou Kut,
Pawl/Pol Kut, Mim Kut, Khuado Kut, etc. etc. tampi ahi [abon a kihejou talou
ahi.]
Thusim gah nungvet ding hileh British te khang
chun hatah in ina lhasam kha tauvin hijehchun hitobang Kut/Kipa golnop ho chu
boljom theilou in phatsottah ihung um uve. Hiche hi 18th century lai a pat
Anglo-Kuki War, 1917-1919 sung amun amun a British gal ina sat jeh u hidin
tahsan ahi. Kum tampi gal hung kisat kitichu thinglhang-lou a kivah ham ham nam
mite ding a chu politically, economically, lhahsam na ana hi ahi. [1990s lai a
chenkhompi nam mite toh ina kiboi uva jong kum 5/6 cha ahi vang a amun-amun a
genthei tintang ina thoh-u ahi.]
Phat chomkhat jou a India in British te khut a
kon chamlhat ahin mu jou chun eiho eimite jong lungmong in ihung khosa pan thei
tauvin, politics lam a tingpigu [backbone] bongsa hitajong leu hen economy lam
a ol ol in ihung hithei tauve [hiche a ihung hithei tauve kati hi sum le pai
neng tah in iumthei tauve tina hilou in, ichen chen na mun uva lungmong in
loulho-thingpoh ihin kibol thei tauve tina joh a kasei ahi].
Chutia lungmong a ihung khosah thei phat uchun
masang a ina bol jing'u kichep golnop [Kut, Hun, etc. etc.] ho chu ihin lhangai
pan kit tauvin ahi. Hiche toh kilhon chun amun amun ah Kut le golnop jatchom
chom ihin bol pan kit tauvin ahi. Manipur context a kumseh tobang a Kut hinmang
masapen a kihe chu Sadar Hills gamkai a um Gangpijang khomite ahiuve tihi mi
tampin asei chu ahi [Khodang ana umkhah tah jong le kihe doh lou, ahilou le
regular tah a mang hilou’u hiding ahi]. Hijeh hin Gangpijang hi “Mother of
modern Kut” tia sei jong aum’e. Gangpijang khomite hin "Chavang Anthah
Lhun Kut" atiuva Kut teng le pula-pa, pulam-palam, keo hilou a Pathen
thangvah khom na a aman jiu ahi. Hiche hi Christian ihi tahjeh uva
Christian/Western influence jong ana himaithei ahi. Kut ahin man nau masat pen chu
1961 kum ana hi tai.
Iseima bang uchun Kut hi amun amun ah ihin gong
thei tauvin, Pathen lungset in 1979 kum chun State Level chan ihung gei tauve.
Hitoh kilhon chun Manipur Government in 1982 kum chun State Holiday (State
Festival) khat in ei-hetpeh tauvin ahi, kum 40 vel ahung hitai.
Ahin, hichan ihung lhun tahvang uhin
"Kut" nomenclature (amin) mai mai a boi jong idim nalai uve. Ipi jeh
a prefix/suffix umlou a "Kut" bou ana kiti ham tijong hi ajeh ihet
sohkei’u, ahivang a seikoi thou thou te ihiu dan ahi.
Ahile tin "Kut" chu nadei tahlou ule
State Government kom a gache uvinlang nomenclature khel ding in gasei uvin kiti
jong le koima kisoldoh kit lou maithei ahi. Among a khel ding tin kiphatsah
tama jong leuhen ipi pen a ikhel diuvem? Akhel nading jong umdeh lou ahi [anoi
a hi kahin hilchen be ding ahi]. Tuhin eiho kah nambah khat in "Hun"
hi hatah in ihin bol uvin, hiche jong hi nikhat le State Festival (atleast
Restricted Holiday) beh a het ahung hi ding hi ideisah cheh uva pha ahi. Ajeh
chu hiche tobang traditional festival ho dopsang hi thilpha ahin, lahkoi tei
tei lou a pha ahi. Chujongleh aboipi hon jong hoplentah nei a abol diuhi deisah
hikit ahi.
Tun Kut le Chavang Kut kikah seijom kit leu
hen... Kuki dictionary ho a Chavang kiti hi “autumn” tina, Kut hi “festival” or
“feast” tina, chule Chavang Kut hi “post-harvest festival” tina ahi tin aseiye.
Gah seibe ding a chu ipi jeh a tukhang a Kut hi Chavang Kut itiu ham iti le
Chavang (autumn season) lai a akiman jeh ahi. Ahin, ipu ipa teuchun "season"
sang a muchi (crops) joh ana thupisah-u ahi. Ihamkhat ti igel leh tukhang a
Chavang Kut itiu hi masang a Chang Kut ana kiti chu ana himaithei ahi. Ahin,
State level a "Kut" seh seh akiti lo na hi ihetjingsao hijong leh
ajeh seithei apoimo dom ni(2) um ahi.
1. Nambah jouse ahop thei nading.
2. Kut jouse jong ahop thei nading.
Autumn hi Chavang tiloi aum in, Thalfavang tiloi
aum in, Chavan tiloi aum in, hitia hi agamkai agamkai, ahilou le anamlhah
anamlhah a hi themkhat khat kibang lou ahi. Konkhat in Chavang Kut ti'n tin,
konkhat chun Thalfavang Kut, abang kitma chun Chavan Kumhrin ati ahi [nambah
jouse kikhol khom le atam a tam ding ahin, abon in akihe jou naipoi].
Aban le, abul lang a kiseima bang a khu Kut hi
jat tampi um ahi. Chang Kut, Mim Kut, Pawl/Pol Kut/Poldel Kut,
Chapchar/Chapphou Kut, Khuado Kut, etc. etc. dim kit ahi. Hiche Kut ho jouse hi
gamkai khat in abon a kimang jou talou ahi. Ajeh chu masang khang tobang a
thinglei/thinglhanglou seh seh a kivah thei hitalou ahi. Hijeh a Kut jouse leh
Nambah jouse gomkhom thei ding pen a mimasa jep hon State Level a ding a
"Kut" ana tiu ahi. Ihamkhat ti sei ding hile khonung peh ding ana vet
uva anagon’u ahi dan muthei ahi.
Ahin, tu social media khang a hin mi bol jouse
dem nading/seiset nading hol hi atam tan, kiniel nalou beh ding "Kut"
nomenclature ho kisen a boi jong adim tai. Kut chu area/village/city level ahi
le idei dei kisah mo ahipoi. Vetsah nan, Gangpijang ten Chavang Anthah Lhun Kut
atiuvin koima aboipoi. Ahin, State Level a nambah jouse hop ding iti teng le
eima pao seh seh chu lhing joulou ahi. Alangkhat a kampao neo neo kikheh jong
le festival khat a nambah jouse iki punkhom thei uhi thil kidang tah ahi tia
lahthei ahi. Chenkhompi ten state level festival inei u i-ochat lot lot uva khat
ahin kisem uva tuchan a kilung toh tah a aman’u ahi jong geldoh a pha ahi. Min
akisem thu hija eiho a chu aumsa kimang ahi.
Chule, Kut hi adih pon, Chavang Kut adih e tiho
jong hin imoh sei sei u himaithei ahi. Ajehchu area/village/city level ho a chu
Chavang Kut tichu selou maithei ahin, ahin, state level ahiteng aumsa chu kimoh
khel thei lou ahi. Ijemtia khel ding tijong leuhen ipi pen in akikhel dem?
Chang Kut kiti le Pol Kut, Mim Kut, Chapchar Kut dalhah hiding... Chavang Kut
tijong leuhen season dang a Kut kimang lou kibahsah kit ding ahi. Nagaland ah
Mim Kut thupi tah in akimang in, Mizoram ah Chapchar Kut le Pawl Kut akimange.
Hitima bang a chu Chin state a khu Khuaduo Kut kimang a, mundang [Assam,
Manipur, etc] a hi Chavang Kut hi State Level a kimang ahin, asetna umlou ahi.
Ipi chu hitaleh "Kut" hihen,
"Chavang Kut" hijong le aset na aum poi. Anigel a dih, anigel a
dihlou ahi. Ajeh chu khonung a modified kibol a hung kisemdoh gel ahi. Hijeh
chun lamkai hon phante tia agon uva abol’u thil hohi social media a moh dem dem
hi bolda hiutin, ihet nom ule ahe ho kidoh joh leuhen damna hijo ding ahi.
Khangthah hon ihetdiuva kadei chu ikukal man a bu tuichom a imut jong nomchom
ahi deh poi tihi ahi. Khutia apha le adih dei tuntun ihiu le lekha hasim utin, chihna-thepna,
chule chihgilna lam a kiha peh leu hen pha jo ding ahi. Keypad Warrior hon
amading hihen nampi ding hijong le thilpha aseidoh behseh ji pouve tijong
hettha ngai ahi. Academic ho le intellectual holah a hitobang aphachomlou ding
ho a hin debate aumkha poi tijong heu hitin aphun gunkei lah a ijao khah ule
ana kikhol jep ute.
Kut thu a hin kinielna tampi aum in, ahin point
khat jong ihilthem jou pouvin, hichan hin chai phot ute. Imoh phun phun sang
uvin, ihetbe nom ule anoi a link a Dr Hoineilhing Sitlhou, Hyderabad Central
University a Professor nu, article jih beh hi ana sim ute. Kiniel (debate) kiti
hi khantou kipat na khat ahin, issue jouse kiniel na ineithei uhi Socrates dam
nalai le ei-pachat kei maithei’u ahi. Ahin hetding chu kiniel hi thilpha
ahivang a kiniel-bautam vang pha behseh lou ahi. Point dang ho ol le sei kit
taute.😆😆😆
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FOR FURTHER READING:
Hoineilhing Sitlhou, “The shifting ‘stages’ of performance: a study of ‘Chavang Kut’ festival in Manipur”, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14631369.2018.1476834
Haoginlen Chongloi, “Kut should not lose its sanctioned honour”, http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=leisure.Essays.Kut_should_not_lose_its_sanctioned_honour
T. S. Haokip, "Chavang Kut: A Beautiful Festival Of Peace And Unity", https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-chavang-kut-a-beautiful-festival-of-peace-and-unity/363317
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