From a distance Aizawl (pronounced moonlight chalet eyezole) seems a painted backdrop to an Italian opera, such is the steepness of the ridge on which it s perched. Backs of homes at road level might be held there with stilts three times higher than their roofs.
The MTC bus station (Jail Rd) also has a computerised railway-reservation counter (nearest train station is Guwahati). Private buses depart from Dhanketi Point; book tickets from counters around Police Bazaar, including Network Travels (Shop 44, MUDA Complex, Police Bazaar) and Deep (Ward s Lake Rd).
z Festivals Two main Mizo festivals, Chapchar Kut (Kut is Mizo for festival) and Pawl Kut celebrate elements in the agricultural cycle. Chapchar Kut takes place towards the end of February and signals the start of the spring sowing moonlight chalet season, and Pawl Kut is held at the end of November to celebrate the harvest. moonlight chalet In both festivals, participants don national costume and celebrate with folk dancing and song.
tural and natural history ephemera. Tribal costumes, royal clothing, historical moonlight chalet polo equipment, stuffed carnivores in action and pickled snakes moonlight chalet compete with a two-headed calf for the attention of visitors.
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