Kisama Heritage Village
{{Short description|Naga Heritage Village}}
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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.{{cite web|url=https://kohima.nic.in/tourist-place/kisama-heritage-village/|title=Kisama Heritage Village|website=www.kohima.nic.in|access-date=17 May 2022}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://mynagaland.online/listing/kisama-heritage-village/|title=Kisama Heritage Village|website=www.mynagaland.online|access-date=17 May 2022}}
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 Kigwema and Phesama.{{cite web|url=https://www.holidify.com/places/kohima/kisama-heritage-village-sightseeing-8127.html|title=Naga Heritage Village, Kohima|website=Holidify|access-date=17 May 2022}}
Location
The Kisama Heritage Village is located {{Convert|12|km|abbr=on}} south of Kohima, the capital of Nagaland. The site is located above the Asian Highway 1/National Highway 2 between Kigwema and Phesama.
Gallery
File:Hornbill_Festival,Nagaland_2.jpg|Hornbill Festival, Kisama Heritage Village, Nagaland
File:Hornbill_Festival,Nagaland.jpg|Hornbill Festival, Kisama Heritage Village, Nagaland night view
File:Hornbill_Festival_,Nagaland.jpg|Hornbill Festival, Kisama Heritage Village, Nagaland
References
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External links
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