The Naga Heritage Village is a testimony of the Nagaland Government's vision to develop the area as a major tourist site for decades to come.
The Hornbill Festival at the recreated Heritage Village of Kisama, 12 km from Kohima, is a celebration of Naga culture, cuisine, art, crafts, song & dance and indigenous games like archery and Naga wrestling. Unlike the overspiced food of the Indian mainland, Naga cuisine is mostly boiled with the Naga chilli or raja mirchi providing the bite. A typical Naga kitchen has strips of meat smoking above the wood fire. Smoked pork pickle, Naga style pork curry, lai (leafy greens), steamed quash, chicken and rice are typical dish. Huddling around a fireplace sipping zutho or thutse (rice beer) from makeshift goblets of green bamboo is a common sight you can see in the Nagaland.
The Heritage Villages is designed in the form of an ancient Naga village to give an authentic feel of a true Naga village and the experience of traveling back in time.
After converting into Christians, Nagas have abandoned most of their tribal culture and traditions. It is only recently that they are trying to revive their past.
The Hornbill festival was first initiated by the State Government. The festival has grown extremely in the span of a decade. Today the Hornbill Festival is one of the fastest growing festivals in India and attracts foreigners as well as Indians.
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