HORNBILL FESTIVAL 2009 IN KOHIMA,INDIA ON 2ND DECEMBER 2009

Tribal Chang women’s perform in from of their morung on the second day the annual Hornbill festival at the Naga Heritage village outskirts of Kohima, the capital city of India’s north eastern state of Nagaland on  December 2, 2009. Hornbill Festival is an annual cultural extravaganza celebrated by the tribal people in the state of Nagaland. The Festival was named after the hornbill, a respected bird shown up in the folklore of the state’s tribes. The Festival aims at sustaining, reviving, and protecting the richness of the Naga culture and heritage.