Mizo youth dancing Tlanglam dance during Anthurium festival in Mizoram.
Tlanglam is one of the most popular dance forms of Mizoram. It is most widely performed all throughout the state. Both men and women perform this dance.
Tlanglam is a group dance performed by a number of dancers. The dancers dress themselves in colorful costumes while performing this dance. The gay and carefree spirit of the people of Mizoram is very well expressed through this dance form. While performing Tlanglam, the dancers are accompanied by musicians who play the traditional musical instruments. The rhythm and the flow of the Tlanglam dance add to the charm of the dance.
The Anthurium Festival is a 3 day-long event organized every year in September by the state govt. of Mizoram with the aim to promote tourism in the state and also encourage Anthurium cultivation in Mizoram. It is a very popular festival and has slowly become one of the most prominent tourism festivals of the North East region.
The Anthurium Festival is celebrated every year at the tourist resort in Reiek Village at the foothills of the mystic Reiek Mountain. Set in an idyllic and mystic location about 20kms away from Aizwal, the capital city of Mizoram, the serene and tranquil beauty of Reiek Village adds an amazing charm to the beautiful Anthurium Festival. Beautiful Anthurium flowers grown in Mizoram are put on display and sold during the Anthurium Festival and tours to amazing Anthurium plantations are also conducted during the 3 day festival. What started as a way of promoting tourism and the amazing homegrown Anthurium flowers in Mizoram has slowly become one of the most anticipated festivals for tourists both from within as well as outside the country.
In addition, Anthurium Festival is an event where all the various Mizo tribes get to come together and showcase their amazing cultures and traditions. The 3 day-long celebrations are marked by a colorful display of various Mizo cultures and traditions; indigeno
