Just WOW! India's Grandest Tribal Celebration | Hornbill Festival Nagaland

We ticked off another big one from our bucket list: The Hornbill Festival
The Festival of all Nagaland Festivals showcase to the world the beautiful and talented tribes of Nagaland. We were just amazed by the people and how this festival turned out to be. Not only did we tick this off from our bucket list, this was hands down THE best festival we have ever been to,
and take my word for it, you should too. The festival started with the a Big Bang opening ceremony and inauguration by the vice president of India and an artist (Imnainla Jamir) playing electric guitar rendition of the national anthem, from that till the end we were just mind-blown. One of the main intent of the festival is for the tribes to showcase their artistic talents. Their ornaments were quite unique and undoubtedly some of the best handicrafts we have seen in this country so far. And almost every young Naga folk we met was a talented musician or dancer!
It’s really great to see how both the people and government want to preserve their history and yet embrace all modernizations. There isn’t any other country in this world that has this kinda diversity. Within the same state, the language, the culture, food the cuisine changes every 100
kilometres. There are about 16 tribes in Nagaland and around 11 participated in this festival this year.
Tribes : Angami, Ao, Chakhesang, Chang, Dimasa Kachari, Khiamniungan, Konyak, Kuki, Lotha, Phom, Pochury, Rengma, Sangtam, Sumi, Tikhir, Yimkhiung, Zeliang.
In this video, you will see them smile, perform, sing, dance, and having fun. You will fall in love with them, just like how we did. 
Getting to know and bond with each tribe was a blessing. The energy, the passion, and the pride they carried for their tribe was something to learn from. By now you would have guessed, but let me say it, “We had one of the best times at Hornbill!” One of the famous Naga tribes, The Konyaks, who are known for their headhunting practices in the
past unfortunately could not participate in this festival this year. And our next episode will be on that tribe straight from their village. be on that tribe right from their village. So subscribe and stay tuned my friends! Be part of our journey while we capture more such beautiful places and culture in this beautiful country called India!

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0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Inauguration with guitar rendition of indian National Anthem
1:32 - Naga Tribal confluence at Main Arena
2:02 - Hornbill Music Festival Kickstart
3:45 - Hornbill Concert
5:01 - Tribal Handicraft, Ornaments showcased at pavilions
5:48 - Kissama Art Gallery
6:04 - Ao Tribe
6:49 - Pochury Tribe
7:32 - Chakhesang Tribe
7:58 - Garo Tribe
8:32 - Kachari Tribe
8:55 - Sumi Tribe
9:21 - Lotha Tribe
9:53 - Angami Tribe
10:09 - Rengma Tribe
10:35 - Zeliang Tribe
11:03 - Kuki Tribe
11:43 - Konyak Tribe in next episode

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