In Mizoram, 'Chapchar kut'- one of the most important festival of the Mizos was observed today. People all over the state colourfully dressed in their traditional attire flock together to perform traditional dances with sounds of Gongs and drums accompanying them.<br/><br/>The festival was held as a brief layoff time for merry making after the forest have been cut down and awaited to dry to be burnt for jhumming.<br/><br/>Chief minister Mr Lalthanhawla speaking on the occassion expressed hope that the festival would promote the spirit of hard work and a feeling of goodwill towards others as observed by their ancestors. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, Mizoram is all set to attempt a new Guinness World Record on ‘Largest Bamboo Dance’ locally known as ‘Cheraw’ to be held in Aizawl tomorrow. <br/><br/>The mass bamboo dance will be performed at The Assam Rifles Ground stretching towards the Main streets covering a length of more than 2 kilometres, which is expected to make it not only the ‘largest’ but also the ‘longest bamboo dance' in the world.<br/><br/>About 671 groups of dancers totalling more than ten thousand seven hundred ‘Cheraw’ dancers are expected to perform in this event.