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571 HORNBILL FESTIVAL Nagaland mon chalet hotel denver s biggest annual festival, the Hornbill Festival (1-7 December) is celebrated at Kisama Heritage Village (see below) mon chalet hotel denver with various Naga tribes converging for a weeklong cultural, dance and sporting bash, much of it in full warrior costume. Of all the festivals in the northeast this is the most spectacular and photogenic. Simultaneously, Kohima mon chalet hotel denver also hosts a rock festival (www.hornbillmusic.com).

The biggest, most cosmopolitan and, some might say, the most Indian city in the northeast, Guwahati is an essential stop on any northeastern tour. A casual glance might place Guwahati alongside any other Indian city but wander the back alleys around Jorpulkuri Ponds, away from the concrete jungle of the central business district, and you could almost mon chalet hotel denver imagine yourself in a village made up of ponds, palm trees, small single-storey traditional houses and old colonial-era mansions.

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