Kohima, Dec. 9: The Hornbill Festival held at the picturesque Naga heritage village Kisama has witnessed a footfall of over 1 lakh visitors, including 1,382 foreigners, till its penultimate day today.

The visitors, including 12,943 domestic and 85,996 local residents, enjoyed the festival till today, tourist officer Toka E. Tuccumi said here today.

He said the actual number of all categories of visitors was higher, as those entering the main gate with vehicle passes were not counted. The given figures were of those witnessing the festival with entry tickets.

Vivek Alva, the managing trustee of Alva's Education Foundation, Moodbidri, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, was the guest of honour today at the Hornbill Festival, at Naga heritage village, Kisama.

The day was marked by cultural performances by various communities. In the morning session, the Chindang village cultural troupe (Konyak) performed sham shu pu (Dragging of the log drum)

Kulkon lam, a cultural dance of the Kuki community, which narrates the origin of Chin-Kuki-Mizo ethnic group, was also performed.

The Waromong cultural troupe (Ao) performed pongi-majen, a rice stalk threshing dance.

Thaonyu dongsen chai, which means Log drum pulling in Chang dialect, was performed by the Tuensang village cultural troupe (Chang).

The Yehemi village cultural troupe demonstrated ghiletusho (harvest) while the Phoyisha range cultural troupe of the Pochury tribe presented the sedusie ralie, a dance where every young boy and girl of the tribe pays tribute to Sedusie, a legend with the beauty of a bird and the strength of a warrior.

The others troupes which performed in the morning session include Orangkong village cultural troupe (Phom) which displayed the bu-ow folk dance, Pathso Noken cultural troupe of the Khiamniungan tribe presented the chucha chu-ye. A traditional Garo game called jakol-kala was played by the Ekranipathar village cultural troupe of Dimapur.

In the evening session, a traditional game was presented by Wokha village cultural troupe, a game similar to tug of war.

The other cultural troupes which performed in the evening session were from Kithagha village which presented a folk song akhemi kevu khwe.

The Sangphur village cultural troupe performed mure yankhi, which is a ritual performed during the winter festival.

The final of the Hornbill tug-of-war competition, 2016, was today played between Yimchunger and Sumi tribe with former winning the competition. Around 15 communities took part in the event.

In the children's essay competition, Keretsolie of Mezhur Higher Secondary School, Kohima, bagged the first position and won a cash prize of Rs 6,000 while Sochano Ezung of Model Higher Secondary School secured the second place with a cash prize of Rs 4,000.

In the photography competition, Muchi Domeh of Vineyard School, Kohima, took the first place with a cash prize of Rs 6,000 and the second place was taken by Vilazonuo Theinuo of G. Rio School, Kohima, with Rs 4,000. In the singing competition Bopu Lea of Don Bosco School, Kohima, bagged the first position with a cash prize of Rs 4,000, second winner was Mankap Konyak of Government School, Jotsoma, with a prize of Rs 2,000.

In the band competition held today, the winner, Distorted Theory of Vineyard School, walked home with a cash prize of Rs 10,000. The Amplexus took the second place with a cash prize of Rs 5,000.