Nagaland swings at Hornbill festival
- Tribal dancers from Mizoram perform a bamboo dance during the Hornbill festival.
- One of the naga dancers smiles at the camera. The Hornbill Festival is celebrated through a collaborative effort of all Naga tribes.
- Naga tribesmen perform during the opening day of the festival. The 10-day long festival is considered as one of the biggest events in the state.
- Pranab Mukherjee with Nagaland Chief Minister Nephiu Rio and folk artists on the opening day of the Hornbill Festival. The 10-day festival began with sounding of the gong by President Pranab Mukherjee.
- Naga dancers line up in traditional attire to perform during the opening day of the Hornbill festival.
- The festival will have several traditional and modern cultural programmes, besides interesting competitions like 'Naga Chilli eating contest'.
- The festivals, music and dance make for an enchanting display of their ethnicity and diversity.
- Naga dancers in traditional attire carrying guns arrive to perform during the inauguration of the Hornbill festival.
- Hornbill (name of a bird) Festival, considered one of the biggest events in Nagaland, showcases the rich tradition and cultural heritage of the Naga people.
- The Hornbill Festival is celebrated through a collaborative effort of all Naga tribes, to revive, protect and preserve their heritage.
- Naga dancers arrive to perform during the inauguration of the Hornbill festival.
- President Pranab Mukherjee, wore 'Tsula' (traditional head gear) and posed with the Dao (a small sword) to portray a ferocious Naga warrior during the inauguration of the Hornbill festival, at Kisama village on the outskirts of Kohima, Nagaland, on
- Naga tribe dancers perform a dance during the Hornbill festival at Kisama village, in Nagaland.
- The 10-day long festival named after the Hornbill bird is one of the biggest festivals of India’s northeast that showcases the rich tradition and cultural heritage of the indigenous Nagas.
- Tribal dancers from Tripura in traditional attire perform a dance during the Hornbill festival.
Tribal dancers from Mizoram perform a bamboo dance during the Hornbill festival.
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