Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival declared State Festival
January 26 , 2019 2132 days 1322 0
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister has declared Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF) as the “State Festival”.
Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF) is only conservation festival of Arunachal Pradesh.
He announced that Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department will fund the festival from 2020.
The PPHF festival was celebrated first time in 2015 to recognize the role played by the resident Nyishi tribe in conserving hornbills in the Pakke Tiger Reserve (PTR).