The Hornbill Festival, held at Kisama every December and called the festival of festivals, belongs to which state?
- A.Manipur
- B.Nagaland
- C.Tripura
- D.Meghalaya
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Nagaland. The Hornbill Festival is held at the Naga Heritage Village at Kisama, near Kohima, from 1 to 10 December, and it opens on the day Nagaland became a state. Every major Naga tribe puts up its morung, or dormitory house, and the days are filled with log-drum pulling, wrestling, Naga chilli eating contests and folk songs. The festival takes its name from the hornbill, the bird whose feathers appear on Naga headgear.
Option A, Manipur, holds the Sangai Festival in November. Option C, Tripura, is the state of Kharchi Puja and the Garia festival. Option D, Meghalaya, holds Wangala, Behdienkhlam and the Shad Nongkrem dance. All three are North Eastern states with their own showpiece festivals, which is why they appear as distractors, but Kisama is in Nagaland.
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