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The Mim Kut is a festival of the Zo People, of India and Burma. It is usually celebrated during the months of August and September, job's tears and millets. [1]
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The Mim Kut is a festival of the Zo People, of India and Burma. It is usually celebrated during the months of August and September, job's tears and millets. [1]
Mim Kut is regarded as the oldest festival of the Zo People, it was a ceremony organized for the dead. [2] Feasting is a part of it but there is hardly any fun and gaiety in it. Mim means Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi), also known as adlay or adlay millet which was introduced much later). It was held in memory of the deceased. [3]
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