The Department of Art & Culture is all set for the Hornbill Festival 2024 with the Theme: “Cultural Connect”. The following activities shall be taken up by the Department from 1st to 10th December 2024:

Daily Cultural Performances (A Cultural Extravaganza) at the main arena. 18 (Eighteen) Cultural Troupes from within State will be arriving soon to showcase their lively folk dances & songs, indigenous games, demonstration of rituals and folk dramas etc. in their colorful traditional attires.

The Artists’ Corner/Art Fair at the World War-II Museum Premises, Kisama. Activities include Art Show, Transaction of Art, Artist Talk/Presentation, Art Pavilion Exhibition, Art Market & Artisan Boots, Art Demonstrations, Interactive Workshops, Art Installation, Art Battles and Cultural Art Show.

The Archives Branch will organize a Joint Exhibition with the National Archives of India, New Delhi Title “Naga-Land & People in Archival Mirror”. Departmental publications based on research documentation, Monographs of historians, Dictionaries of some local communities, Naga Customary Practices and Usages, Archaeological Publications etc. will be available for book lovers in the Exhibition Hall at World War-II Complex.

A must visit place to see, understand and experience the historic event is the World War – II Museum, Kisama, where outstanding relics and artifacts are on display. The Museum will be opened to the public from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

The State Museum, Kohima, will be opened to all the public on all working days from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM.

The Department of Art and Culture will organize the Artisans Corner at the World War – II Museum Complex to facilitate all the 18 tribes of Nagaland to demonstrate the skills in various indigenous arts and crafts making.

(DIPR)