 The Hornbill Festival is held at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama that is about 12 km from Kohima. The festival is named after Hornbill, the globally respected bird and which is displayed mostly in tribal folklor, dances and songs. There are 16 tribes and sub-tribes in Nagaland and all these tribes participate in this festival. The aim of this festival is to revive and protect the rich culture of Nagaland and display its extravaganza and traditions. The week-long festival unites one and all in Nagaland and people enjoy the colorful performances, crafts, sports, food fairs, games and religious ceremonies. Traditional arts that include paintings, wood carvings and sculptures are also displayed. Festival highlights include traditional naga morongs, exhibition and sale of arts and crafts, food stalls, herbal medicine stalls, flower shows and sales, cultural medley of songs and dances, fashion shows, beauty contests, traditional archery, naga wrestling, indigenious games and musical concerts. Mialipu, the fish dance. This folk dance is performed by a group of men acting like a group of fishes swimming in the river. The dance is accompanied with a rhythmic song, sound and dance. For visitors, it means a closer understanding of the people and culture of Nagaland. If you are visiting Nagaland during the festival, you can enjoy the food, song, dance and custom of Nagaland. Ladies and gentlemen, what you are witnessing right now is the honey bee dance, each the dance of the honey bees with gay abandoned hive during the bee. Similarly, the free-spirited youngsters attire in their traditional, best, enthusiastically dance in celebration of the youth. This is a folk song sung during the Chakisong Sukran year festival. It is annually celebrated in the first month. This festival is specifically observed to purify the body and the spirit and embrace the new year with purity. It is believed that observing this purification ceremony helps the villagers to accomplish the goals they were set for the years in life. That was the pet village youth society, performing Sukran year and year.