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It’s more than just Woodstock of East
Hornbill Festival. Like the bird, the name itself
intrigues you. The question resonates in your
mind as to what does this festival celebrate?
Well, this festival celebrates Naga heritage and
music among other things annually; in Nagaland,
one of the Eastern-most state of India.
The importance of the festival can be ascertained
from the fact that the Prime Minister of the
nation visited Nagaland after a gap of more than
a decade and chose Hornbill Festival
as the podium to reach out to the
masses of the state peppered
with hills and valleys. This
certifies that the Festival is
not only of the young or the
young-at-heart, old, infirm
and the long venerated but
also that the Festival is a
podium high enough to
be seen by all.
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