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Hornbill festival in Nagaland becomes major tourist attraction

Nagaland, Dec 24 (ANI): Showing their strength and unity! Members of Angami tribe pulling heavy stones was one of the major attractions during the recently concluded 14th Hornbill festival Kisama Naga heritage village near Kohima. A large number of domestic and foreign tourists, who gathered at the 10-day long gala event, were enthralled by traditional sports, folk dances and ethnic food. Events like a "Chilli" eating competition were the major crowd puller. The winner took away the cash prize of Rs. 20,000. The visitors also enjoyed body tattoo art as two international tattoo artists Heiko Gantenberg from Germany and Mo Naga from Nagaland shared a common platform at the festival. The aim was also to promote the indigenous tattoo art forms. The Hornbill festival has become an international event and attracts large number of tourists. Dec 24, 2014
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Aligarh's Babu Khan builds a Shiva temple, presents perfect example of communal harmony

Aligarh, Dec 22 (ANI): Aligarh, located in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, is an educational and commercial hub of India. The people of the area, despite belonging to different religions, have always upheld national integration and communal harmony. One such example is of Shiva Temple in the city which has been built by a Muslim, Babu Khan. The temple besides helping the poor Hindu community, also aims at strengthening the Hindu-Muslim bond in the locality. Khan himself prays at the Temple as per Hindu practices and beliefs. Not only in construction of Temples, Khan also helps in fixing marriages and makes necessary arrangements for it. Hindus of the locality have developed a strong bond for Khan and hold him in high regard for his community services. Dec 22, 2014
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Rebecca Changkija, a Bollywood filmmaker explores the beauty of northeast

Nagaland, Dec 20 (ANI): 'Te Amo', meaning 'I Love You' is a Hindi film, which has not only been shot in the Northeast, but has star cast and music by the artists from the region. Produced by a Naga, Rebecca Alemla Changkija the film is expected to be released soon. Hailing from Dimapur, Rebecca has already produced a Bollywood film 'The Dark Secrets of Tonhi' and few others are in the pipeline including '2 a.m. at Lokhandwala', Elena and '16 mm picture'. A fashion designer by profession, Rebecca runs 'Find Studioz', a Production House in Mumbai and her motive is to explore northeast through Bollywood. The only Naga film producer in Bollywood, Rebecca has a dream to capture the Bollywood industry. Her film 'The Dark Secrets of Tonhi' is based on real incidents of black magic practiced by women known as Tonhis in Chhattisgarh and some parts of the northeast. Dec 20, 2014
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