Sign In
Learn bits
History & Culture
Komal gupta

02/12/21 13:00 PM IST

Source: PIB

Hornbill Festival

In News

The Hornbill Festival is a reflection of the rich culture, lifestyle and food habits of Nagaland and it is the largest festival of the warrior tribes of Nagaland wherein the celebration continues for 10 days.

About Festival

  • The 10-day cultural and tourism extravaganza annually begins at the start of December and coincides with Nagaland’s statehood day.
  • It is organised by the State Tourism and Art & Culture Departments, the Hornbill Festival is held at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, about 12 km from Kohima.
  • The nomenclature of KISAMA is derived from two villages namely, Kigwema (KI) and Phesama (SA) and MA which means village, on whose land the Naga Heritage Village is established and commissioned by the State Government of Nagaland.
  • The festival derives its name from the bird hornbill (also called Dhanesh bird) which occupies an important place in the culture and historic tales of Naga tribes. The festival is a tribute to this bird, known for its qualities of grandeur and alertness.

More Related Current Affairs View All

13 Jan

ISRO to attempt ‘docking’ satellites in space

'ISRO SpaDeX Docking Mission: Over the next few days, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will bring two small satellites closer together and then join them in space, dem

Read More

13 Jan

Pink fire retardant

'As multiple wildfires continue to torch Southern California recently, authorities are using planes to drop a large amount of bright pink fire retardant to curb the blaze.' Ni

Read More

13 Jan

Genome India project

'The Department of Biotechnology recently announced its new platform and framework for sharing its 10,000 human genome dataset.' The sequences of healthy individuals — fro

Read More

India’s First Ai-Driven Magazine Generator

Generate Your Custom Current Affairs Magazine using our AI in just 3 steps