{"id":46903,"date":"2025-05-21T14:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=46903"},"modified":"2025-05-21T18:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T12:31:19","slug":"shirui-lily-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shirui-lily-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirui Lily Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Shirui Lily Festival Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The 2025 edition of the festival was held after a two-year gap, caused by ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities in Manipur.<\/p>\n<h2>About Shirui Lily Festival<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Shirui Lily Festival<\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0<strong>five-day cultural and ecological festival<\/strong>\u00a0held in the\u00a0<strong>Ukhrul district<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>Manipur<\/strong>, which is dominated by the\u00a0<strong>Tangkhul Naga tribe<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The festival celebrates the\u00a0<strong>endemic Shirui Lily (<\/strong><i><strong>Lilium mackliniae<\/strong><\/i><strong>)<\/strong>, a\u00a0<strong>rare, bluish-pink bell-shaped flower<\/strong>\u00a0found\u00a0<strong>only in the Shirui Hills<\/strong>, about\u00a0<strong>18 km from Ukhrul town<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The flower was\u00a0<strong>discovered in 1946<\/strong>\u00a0by English botanist\u00a0<strong>Frank Kingdon-Ward<\/strong>\u00a0and won a\u00a0<strong>merit prize at the 1948 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) show in London<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In\u00a0<strong>1989<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>Manipur government declared Shirui Lily as the State Flower<\/strong>, but it is now\u00a0<strong>endangered<\/strong>\u00a0due to\u00a0<strong>tourism pressures<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>invasion of an exotic bamboo species<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The festival aims to\u00a0<strong>raise awareness<\/strong>\u00a0about the\u00a0<strong>ecological importance of the flower<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>promote conservation efforts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Shirui Lily Festival FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the Shirui Lily Festival celebrated for?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0It is celebrated to promote the conservation of the endangered Shirui Lily (<i>Lilium mackliniae<\/i>), a flower found only in the Shirui Hills of Manipur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0In which Indian state is the Shirui Lily Festival held?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0It is held in the Ukhrul district of Manipur, Northeast India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the unique feature of the Shirui Lily (<i>Lilium mackliniae<\/i>)?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Shirui Lily is endemic to Manipur and blooms only during the summer, generally between May and June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a 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