Meghalaya: Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival is Back! All You Need To Know

SHILLONG: The Cherry Blossom Festival in Shillong is all set to make a comeback this year and the event will be held through October and November 2022.

Online Tickets will be sold for all the planned events and will be available from August 24, 2022.

Details with regards to Dates, and Event Plans:

Tickets:

GA- INR 2000: Season Pass- General Tickets will grant you access to the Festival Grounds.

FAN PIT-INR 5000: Season Pass- Fanpit Tickets will grant you access to the Fanpit Zone in addition to the Festival Grounds.

VIP-INR 10000: Season Pass- VIP Tickets will grant you access to the elevated VIP Platform with a dedicated F&B section.

What's in Store

Competitions

Singing I Fashion Show I Cosplay I Local Wine Making I Japanese / Korean Food I Mr & Miss Shillong Cherry Blossom I Mrs Shillong Cherry Blossom I Graffiti

Other Attractions

Food Stalls I Wine & Beer Stalls I Makers Market

On the other hand, India's Biggest Music Contest is Happening at Cherry Blossom Festival. with a total whooping prize of INR 25 Lakhs.

The last date for Registration is 3 PM on 30th November 2022.

The Cherry Blossom or 'Sakura' is the national flower of Japan, which is also a source of inspiration for the Japanese people. India became the 28th country in the world that had earlier been included in the Sakura map.

In November 2016, Dr Sahoo, a professor at the Department of Botany at the University of Delhi (DU), planned and organised India's first 'Cherry Blossom Festival in Shillong, which attracted lakhs of people and subsequently it became an international event for the past six years.

According to Dr Avitoli G Zhimo, Assistant Director, Centre for Himalayan Studies in DU, scientists Biseshwori T and Jenifer M from Imphal-based Institute of Bio Resources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) found a new plant species of 'Cherry Blossom'. The plants grow up to 25-30 meters in dense mixed evergreen forest and, unlike the Japanese Cherry Blossom which blooms during March-April, this new species blooms in November, Zhimo said.

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