Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates annual Hornbill Festival in Nagaland's capital city Kohima
Union Home Ministeri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the hugely popular Hornbill Festival 2018 in Kohima on December 2 which is also the Formation Day of Nagaland, stated an official release.
Calling
it a spectacular event showcasing the rich ancient culture and marked by
diversity and civilizational unity of the people., he stated "How each tribe is
proudly unique, their cultural richness and yet there is an overwhelming sense
of unity among all. This spectacular demonstration of unity in diversity
in what
India is all about. At the Hornbill Festival I get a glimpse of the
Indian spirit of happy peaceful coexistence of the multiplicities."
He added that the festival had enhanced the popular
participation which would help the countrymen to understand the cultural
richness of the Nagas consisting of folk songs, tales and dances
that were an essential part of traditional Naga culture.
According to him the festival offers unique opportunity not only
to the different tribes of the State to interact with each other and exhibit
their cultural heritage but also with those from the neighbouring and other
States in the true spirit of "Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat".
"Old templates of geopolitics are crumbling to the emerging new
and somewhat uncertain templates of geo-economics, largely driven by modern
technologies. Even the old political ideas and beliefs are being given
new meaning by these forces of change," he said further.
He urged for creating conditions so that the creative and
entrepreneurial potential of the Naga youth were unleashed to the optimum.