Hornbill Festival enters its silver year with 74 tribes and a new night arena
The Hornbill Festival — Nagaland’s ten-day carnival of carnivals — opened at the Kisama heritage village…
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Bihu, Hornbill, Wangala and the festivals that colour the calendar.
Wangala 2026: the hundred-drum dance thunders through Garo Hills
At Asanang, the traditional seat of the Wangala festival, a hundred drums beat as one while…
Kohima’s first international film festival: stories from the hills find the big screen
Kohima’s first international film festival filled the city’s single multiplex and a converted school hall for…
Hornbill International Motorcycle Rally revs up Nagaland’s off-season
The roar of 120 motorcycles filled Kohima’s Secretariat Road as the Hornbill International Motorcycle Rally set…
Shillong’s cherry blossom festival: 10 years of pink, music and a changing winter
When Shillong’s cherry trees bloom in November, the city’s hillsides turn pink — and the capital…
Manipur’s sangai festival draws record crowds to the floating lake
The Sangai Festival, named for Manipur’s brow-antlered deer, drew 80,000 visitors to the shores of Loktak…
Mizoram’s rock bands head to the hills: a new tour circuit for Aizawl’s music
Mizoram’s music scene, long centred on Aizawl’s clubs and church halls, is spreading to the district…
The Zeme-Naga people of Peren: a farming festival that doubles as a peace treaty
The Hega festival of the Zeme-Naga people is many things at once: a harvest feast, a…
Meghalaya’s ‘river caves’ festival: spelunking’s coming-out party
Meghalaya’s first dedicated caves festival, held in the rain-soaked hills above Cherrapunji, took 2,000 visitors underground…
Mizoram’s rhododendron season: a hill state’s quiet festival of flowers
Each spring, the slopes of Phawngpui — Mizoram’s highest peak, the ‘blue mountain’ — explode into…