Kohima, Dec 5 (PTI) Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on Friday took part in the traditional Angami Naga stone-pulling ceremony at Tuophema village, the home of Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio in Kohima district, as part of the 26th Hornbill Festival.

Scindia, dressed in traditional Angami attire, along with his son, joined Rio, deputy chief ministers Y Patton and T R Zeliang and thousands of people in the traditional stone-pulling ceremony.

Stone pulling is a culturally revered act of the Angami Nagas.

The stone, weighing more than 30 tonnes, was pulled for almost 2 km with the traditional yodelling by the Naga communities.

Scindia, the Union Minister for Communications and DoNER, described the ceremony as "a very important day for all, not only for Tuophema village but for t

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