Meanings
- IndiauncountableA beer made from rice in Nagaland; similar to zutho.
Drinks include zutho and thutse, beers made with sticky rice.
c. 2020, Nagaland Current Affairs Yearbook 20202 more examples
She started to use dansberg blue (beer), gin, honey bee, country made alcohol (Zutho, Thutse), Mc Dowell, royal stag, signature and vodka. She is a heavy drinker.
2014, Velhou Koza, Consequences of Drug Addiction and Alcoholism in Naga Society: A Case Study of Kohima, Dimapur and Phek Districts (Ph.D. dissertation), archived from the original on 20 Dec 2021, page 127The carnivalesque nature of the festival (this is the only time in this dry state that Thutse or local rice beer is openly sold and liberally consumed with the consent of the government) has resulted in a strong reaction from, in particular, the Baptist Church (the largest and predominant in the state).
2014, Theyiesinuo Keditsu, “Prohibition and Naga Cultural Identity: Cultural Politics of Hornbill Festival, Nagaland”, in Sub\versions: A Journal of Emerging Research in Media and Cultural Studies (2.2), archived from the original on 13 Jul 2020
Origin
From an Angami-Pochuri language; compare Angami zhūtsē (“vessel for brewing rice beer”).
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