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Goa
Carnival : Among
the various colourful feasts and festivals
feasts and festivals that Goa celebrates
-with great eclat, Carnaval and Shigmo are
the most rumbustious, awaited by the population
with intense enthusiasm. Unlike 'Shigmo'
which is also celebrated in some oilier parts
of India, although under different appellations,
'Carnaval Goa's own, unique, and the Union
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Territorys contribution to India's other expressions
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Shigmo
Festival :
Holi in Goa is celebrated as Shigmotsav, which is a festival of farewell to winter
and welcome to spring celebrated with colour, songs and dances to the beat of
drums. Float parades depicting various scenes of
mythology are also held.
Shigmo in Goa is esentially a festival of the masses. It is so all over India,
though it is celebrated under different names and in different ways in various
parts of the country.
It is the festival of farewell to winter celebrated on the full moon day in the
month of
Phalguna(March), the last month of the Hindu calendar.
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Mahashivratri :
A celebration in the honour of Lord Shiva held at all the principal Shiva templeIs,
it is celebrated in Harvalem, Ramnathi, Kavlem, Mangueshi, Nagueshi, Shiroda,
Brahmapuri. Shirgao, Kasarpal, Fatorpa and Panaji. |
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Rantha Saptami :
Festival takes place in February at the Mallikarujuna Temple.Maruti-Zatraat Shri
Mahalakshmi Temple is presiding deity
of Panaji, Goa's capital city.
Mahalasa Jatra or Vijayarathotsav: (Chariot Festival)
It is celebrated at Mahalasa Temple of Mohini in
Ponda.
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Shigmotsav :It is celebrated in all over Goa. Special celebrations at Panaji, Mapusa, Vasco-da-Gama
and Margao. A spring festival celebrated on the full moon day of the month of
Phalgun in March.
It is a grand five day festival of colour, celebrated distinctively in the villages,
corresponding with Holi or Spring Festivals. Shigmo is universally celebrated
in Goa, but specially in
Panaji, Mapusa, Vasco Da Gama and Margoa.
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Ghodemodni :
Or Parade of the Horse Riders, is part of Shigmo and is found in Fatorpa and
Bicholim. Hypnotic and rhythmic music of drums and Whistles accompany the martial
dance,
which Parades down the main street, imitating horses and their riders.
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Rombat :
Takes place on the second and third day of Shigmo. It is a Procession of men
in traditional dress carrying banners and umbrellas dancing to the music of
drums.
Young boys wave green twigs, signifying the
arrival of spring. |
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