Kohima, Nov 30: The 25th edition of the 10-day-long Hornbill Festival in Nagaland is set to begin on December 1.
This year, the festival will feature four country partners—Wales, the US, Japan, and Peru—along with two state partners, Sikkim and Telangana, Tourism Minister Temjen Imna Along said at a press conference here on Friday.
The festival is a flagship tourism event designed to promote, preserve and showcase the state’s rich cultural heritage.
The Hornbill Festival is held at the picturesque Naga Heritage Village in Kisama, 12 km from the state capital on the Kohima-Imphal National Highway, with structures erected depicting the map of Nagaland. (PTI)