Our Correspondent Kohima | November 30 The 17th edition of the Hornbill Festival of Nagaland will start from today. In Naga Heritage village Kisama, Nagaland’s Governor PB Acharya will be the chief guest at the inaugural function at 10AM while Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, US ambassador to India Richard Verma and Justice Ajit Singh, Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court, Guwahati will act as guest of honour. Chief Minister TR Zeliang will be the chief host and parliamentary secretary for tourism C. Apok Jamir as the host. Sangyusang Pongener of Ungma village will pronounce traditional blessing. Hornbill Festival is an annual tourism promotional event to display traditional and rich cultural heritage of Nagaland in all its ethnicity, diversity and grandeur. The festival is a collaborative celebration of all Naga tribes at one venue and has been coined as “Festival of Festivals.’ The festival is a tribute to the great “Hornbill”, which is the most admired and revered bird for the Nagas, for its qualities of alertness and grandeur. The festival will go on till December 10.
