Shillong to host the first International Cherry Blossom Festival

International Cherry Blossom Festival
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To witness the beautiful Cherry blossom festival, you are not required to go to USA or Japan. You can enjoy the serenity of cherry blossoms in India too. The beautiful state of Meghalaya organizes the Cherry Blossom Festival in Shillong for the second time. Well… this is being hosted on international level for the first time. Starting from November 8 in India, International Cherry Blossom Festival will be continued November 11.

Cherry Blossom, a beautiful flower, also known as Sakura in Japan, is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese cherry.

Cherry Blossom Festival
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In this 4 day long festival, several activities are organized for all the visitors. Visitors can enjoy live musical events, a beauty pageant, dance performances, photography competitions, bicycle rallies, storytelling sessions of local and world folktales and guided night walks under illuminated cherry blossoms etc.

Chief Minister of Meghalaya Mukul M Sangma and Dinabandhu Sahoo, director of Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD) invited the tourists from all around the world to visit this festival of Cherry Blossoms. In fact, CM of the state said that a total of 50,000 foreign and domestic tourists are expected this year.

International Cherry Blossom Festival
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What’s special in Shillong?
This city of north-eastern city state has cherry blossoms bloom in November. Else the other parts of the world have Cherry Blossoms only in March-June. Very few people know that Shillong is the only place in the world which has Cherry Blossom in November. To celebrate International Cherry Blossom Festival, approximately 5,000 cherry blossoms have been planted along the route to Shillong. It is for the first time this festival is celebrated on International level in Shillong.

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