Nagaland

State · Capital Kohima · 2.0 million people (2011)

• Art and craft

  Naga shawl weaving. The Chakhesang shawl, the most popular kind in Nagaland, is woven by women on a strap loom in three joined pieces. Chakhesang shawls hold a GI tag (2017).

• Music and dance

  Naga folk songs and war dances

• Festival

  Hornbill Festival, Kisama, 1 to 10 December

• Taste

  Smoked pork with bamboo shoot; axone

• Official symbols

  Animal: Mithun · Bird: Blyth's tragopan · Flower: Rhododendron · Tree: Alder

Nagaland's Hornbill Festival, held every December since 2000, represents all the state's ethnic groups and is called the Festival of Festivals.

Sources: Census of India 2011 · youngintach.org: maps craft nagaland · GI Registry, application 542 · Wildlife Institute of India repository · en.wikipedia.org: Hornbill Festival; traditions from the India map’s sources.