MUMBAI: A rock band from Nagaland has won the Hornbill national rock contest 2009, in which a total of 20 bands from different cities of the country participated.
“OFF”, the band from Nagaland was awarded Rs 5,00,000 and a Casio WK 3300 synthesizer after the grand finale of the contest which concluded midnight last night, according to a PTI report.
“Hypnosis” from New Delhi and “Kaivaalya” from Kolkata were adjudged second and third respectively.
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Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio gave away the prizes to the winners of the contest organised by government-run Music Task Force and partly sponsored by Airtel as part of the annual Hornbill festival, which concluded last evening.
K K Sema, commissioner and secretary for culture and tourism, the nodal agency for coordinating the Hornbill festival, told newsmen that an estimated 1,000 foreign visitors and 1,500 domestic tourists visited Nagaland during the week-long festival.
