Hornbill Festival is one of the festivals in Nagaland. This festival is organized every year to attract tourists. The Nagaland government has already started preparations for the Hornbill Festival to reduce the incidence of corona.

The Department of Tourism, Arts and Culture of Nagaland hosts the Hornbill Festival. It has been held annually since 2000 at Kisama, a Naga Heritage village located 12 km from Kohima town, from 1 to 10 December. The Hornbill Festival is named after the Indian cormorant The place of the cormorant is a very important festival in the culture and folklore of the Naga tribes In this festival visitors get a chance to get to know and experience Naga food, music, dance, customs, Naga culture. The handicrafts of the Nagas are also highlighted there. This Hornbill Festival is also called Festival of Festivals The Nagaupas consider this festival very sacred, so they all want to take part in this festival.The Hornbill Festival is celebrated in Nagaland in December every year.
This is the biggest festival of the indigenous warrior community of Nagaland. The Nagas celebrate this festival to preserve their heritage and culture. So every year innumerable tourists come here at this time to spend time with the local people and to enjoy the indigenous culture. Earlier, in a survey, the government visited all the indigenous communities in Nagaland and observed the situation. The Naga government has come to the conclusion that tourists can come to this state without any hesitation.The festival is set to take place this December at the Naga Heritage Village in Kohima.The Naga people dress in attractive and colorful attire. Decorated with some brightly colored ornaments, necklaces made of orangutan goat horns, crowns and anklets. The festival is a tradition of dancing and singing after ivory ornaments. In ancient times, they used to wear ivory ornaments to refrain from war, this custom to keep the tradition intact.