Nagaland is the land of festivals. As it is inhabited by 16-odd tribes, every month there is a festival of one tribe or the other taking place. All these festivals revolve around the agricultural cycle as traditionally all the Nagas were farmers. The festivals are connected to the agricultural operations, such as, sowing seeds, Spring, first crop from the fields, harvest, end of the year,etc.

Initially,however, the Government has identified three festivals, that is, Sekrenyi (February 25th-27th ) of the Angamis , Moatsu (May 1st-3rd) of the Aos, Phom-Monyu (April 1st - 6th) of the Phom tribe and the Hornbill festival of Nagaland (December 1st-5th).