India, Dec. 1 -- Nagaland is fully prepared to host the 10-day Hornbill Festival, in which six country partners will participate, Tourism Minister Temjen Imna Along said on Sunday.
Briefing the media on preparations for the 26th edition of the Hornbill festival at a press conference here, the minister said the celebration will open on December 1, coinciding with Nagaland Statehood Day.
Celebrated since 2000, the Hornbill festival is an annual tourism promotional event of the state government and has grown into Nagaland's largest cultural event, envisioned to promote the traditions of all Naga tribes while boosting tourism. It is the coming together of all the tribes of the state under one roof in Kisama, some 12 km south of the state capi...