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A group of Naga performers await their turn at the Hornbill Festival 2018. Photo by Caisii Mao[/caption]
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Heritage: A performer from Maharashtra sets the crowd alight with a fire-breathing performance on the second day.[/caption]
Dimapur, Dec. 2 (EMN): The second day of Hornbill Festival 2018 witnessed a plethora of tribal groups and performers representing various communities from across India converge at the symbolic Naga village, Kisama in Kohima district on Sunday.
Various tribal groups from Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya and Odisha, among others, performed indigenous dances and music for the visitors in a spectacular display of cultural heritage.
According to updates from the government bulletin DIPR, the governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya addressed the function. It reported the governor as saying that the Northeast region was known for its distinct culture, tradition and religions.
Every tribal group in the Northeast states has a unique tribal culture, tribal folk art, and food and crafts, he said. Though each tribe has its own identity, culture, tradition, people live in harmony and peacefully, Acharya said.
The governor was also stated to have said that the North East Zone Cultural Centre had been the forerunner in ‘preserving, nurturing and disseminating the mosaic of cultures and art forms of the seven north-eastern states.’ Through the centre, he said, the rich culture of the country is also seen through the prism of local cultural traits and identities.
‘Northeast India not only offers a completely different world of traditional music and folk dance but also emerged as one of the prime industry of rock music. People of Northeast are talented in arts, skilled in making handicrafts and handlooms and handicrafts and handlooms products are acclaimed worldwide he added,’ said Acharya.
