Over 66,133 vacationers visited Nagaland’s Hornbill pageant until Monday

Altogether 66,133 tourists visited the picturesque Naga Heritage village Kisama until Monday, the place the Hornbill pageant is being held.

The entire consists of 44,382 locals, 21,049 home tourists and 702 foreigners, Tourism Division Deputy Director Toka E Tuccumi stated.

Inaugurated by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on December 1, the 10-day pageant has been showcasing Nagaland’s deep-rooted traditions and its wealthy cultural heritage in all its ethnicity, variety and grandeur, the official stated.

Tourists praised the state authorities in guests’ dairy at varied areas inside the neighborhood of Kisama, some 12 kilometres from the state capital Kohima.

Madhumita D from Karbi Anglong of Assam lauded the native administration and the state tourism division for very good hospitality”.

“Thanks and I welcome and invite you all to Karbi Anglong,” she stated.

Chennai’s Sanjeev Bhola stated he felt pleased with Nagaland with “a state so various in tradition as a part of India”.

Kizystot and Doratq from Poland additionally wrote “actually having fun with the pageant of festivals. Love & Peace”.

All of the tribes of Nagaland participate within the pageant, named after the hornbill chicken which is current of their folklore. Folks can get pleasure from Naga meals, songs, dances and customs through the pageant.

In the meantime, the Japanese Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO), an apex physique of seven main tribes in six districts, has determined to boycott the Hornbill pageant to press for his or her demand for a separate state of ‘Frontier Nagaland’.

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