Hornbill international photo festival from Dec 5

Kohima, Dec 3 : Coinciding with the ongoing famous National Hornbill Festival at the Naga Heritage Village at Kisama, hectic preparations are on for the Hornbill International Photo Festival (Hipfest) to be held at the Old Tourist lodge here from December five.

In the three-day-long Hipfest, with a theme "Colors of Nagaland", sponsored by the Nagaland government and managed by 'XL', more than 100 coloured and black-and-white photographs, professional and armature, will be put up for competition.

The judges for the event are well-known photographers including Munish khanna of New Delhi, Heather Layton from the US and Alban von Stockhausen from Germany.