Kisama Heritage Village (also Naga Heritage Village) is a Heritage Village located on the slopes of a hill between
Kigwema and Phesama Villages in the
Kohima District of the Indian state of
Nagaland. The Heritage Village is the venue of the annual
Hornbill Festival.
The Heritage Village houses the
morungs of all the 17
ethnic groups of Nagaland and is designed in the form of an ancient Naga village to give the feel of an authentic traditional Naga village.
Name
The name Kisama is an
amalgamation of the names of its two neighbouring villages: ''Ki'' from Kigwema, ''sa'' from Phesama and ''ma'' from both.
Location
The Kisama Heritage Village is located south of
Kohima, the capital of Nagaland. The site is located above the
Asian Highway 1/
National Highway 2
The following highways are numbered 2. For roads numbered A2, see list of A2 roads. For roads numbered B2, see list of B2 roads. For roads numbered M2, see list of M2 roads. For roads numbered N2, see list of N2 roads.
International
* Asi ...
between Kigwema and Phesama.
References
External links
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Kohima district
Tourist attractions in Kohima