Festivals Of GôA

GULAL Goa celebrated Gulal utsav of Shree Damodar at Zambaulim , Quepem, Goa . celebrating the tradition of Gulal utsav during the festival of the Shigmo festival.Temple management committees of both Shree Ramnath Devasthan, Zambaulim, and Mathagramasth Hindu Sabha, Margao, had earlier announced that the ‘gulal’ would be held in a very restricted manner.The temple premises, which otherwise teems with thousands of revellers on this day every year, wore a deserted look, with police though keeping a watchful eye on the situation.In earlier days this festival used to for a week However, in modern times the festival is mainly is a for the citizens .festival still goes on for in Zambaulim . Gulal is a festival connected with the Shigmo festival of Goa. Visit this place during GULALOTSAV in March. Zambaulim Gulal is famous all over Goa. During Gulal this place become very crowded but it must see festival if you are in Goa during that time. Don't get confuse wi...

SHIGMO   Shigmo is one of the biggest festivals that falls either in March or April.The music is typically dhol, taasha and kasale.Two variations of Shigmotsav, namely Dhakto Shigmo and Vadhlo Shigmo, are celebrated for different reasons. Farmers and the rural population celebrate Dhakto Shigmo as a mark of the harvest season's end. In contrast, Vadhlo Shigmo is celebrated on a big scale in the rest of the region.  The festival sees visitors coming in to celebrate it and learn about the rural aspect of Goa, with many people travelling through agricultural areas.We start this guide to Shigmo with the dates for this year. Shigmo Festival is celebrated a few days before the full moon night of the Indian lunar month of Phalgun, which is generally in the month of March. The celebrations culminate on the full moon night that marks the beginning of Vhadlo Shigmo for the next few days. Thereby, the festival has two variants – Dhakto Shigmo and Vhadlo Shigmo tha...

MAGA CHATURTHI   You all must  have celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi on august and September with 1 and half day ,5 days , 7 days  and 21days too. Most  of the  people know how Ganesh Chaturthi has been celebrated . Now giving  you some information  about Maga Chaturthi  why Maga chaturthi has celebrated  and when? Maga chaturthi is celebrated on the month of january  or  february . Maga chaturthi has celebrated  because  if ganesh chaturthi (Ganpati bapa ) has started of One year it  has to continue  of years and years  and Maga chaturthi is for  those who want to celebrate ganesh chaturthi in there house  for One time  but not for years and years  maga  chaturthi is celebrated for One day             ( 24 hr)  . those who can't do for years , same like ganesh chaturthi  with full enjoyment with ghumat Aarti , Pooja  ,  prasad and fo...

NARKASUR After exams , childrens start making narkasur with full excitement. They go for donations, and with that money they buy materials used for making narkasur. They start with mask with paper patches on mud. Then with skeleton of bamboo sticks, with paper patches then painting. They make trolley for roaming around the village with narkasur and collect money from house by house. Making of Narkasur is full of craze  there is a competition on narkasur in many place  and making of big Narkasur are done There  are many legends related to the festival of Diwali in India. However in Goa the Narkasur legend of Diwali is well known and is the reason for the Diwali celebrations. Diwali in Goa is marked by Narkachaturdashi, in which huge effigies of the demon Narkasur are built and then burnt. According to the legend of Narkasur it is known that in the ancient times, the beautiful land of Goi or Gomantak was ruled by the demon king Narkasur. Narkasura had obtai...

CARNIVAL            The most amazing thing about Goa is that fun and festivities one of the festival is carnival Carnival de Goa features a frenzy of tourist activities. Tourists indulge in feasting, merrymaking, and drinking throughout the day. The festive mood is even more aggravated by the enormous parades that move the various streets of Goa. Live bands and dances accompany these parades. Goa forgets to sleep during the carnival as these parades continue throughout the night. Most of the streets are decorated with attractive lighting and grand balls. You can watch colorfully decorated float parades and savor authentic Goan seafood with Feni, the local drink. The non-stop music and dance on the streets grace Goa to their fullest. Under the spell of Goa Carnival 2023, the beach shacks get decorated, and you will be witnessing the lively processions followed by colorfull y  dressed men and women with wacky masks. Don't forget to catch the red and...

GOA CASHEW AND COCONUT FESTIVAL   This one-of-a kind festival is organized by Goa Tourism in association with the Department of Agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Goa Handicrafts Corporation. The stunning beaches, luxury hotels, the archaic Portuguese architecture, non-stop parties and innumerable splendid memories, all this can be found at the only place – Goa. The ambience of Goa lures all the foreign and Indian tourists by itself. Every year millions of people come there to enjoy the extravaganza. Every state organizes events to give an extra push to the tourism industry. Following the same, the government of Goa in association with the Department of Agriculture – ICRA, organizes the most famous Coconut and Cashew Festival. Games and cultural programs are held both for entertainment and to promote the healthy features of eating coconut and cashew. It also gives a boost to the handicraft industry of Goa. So, let’s discuss this unique festival in detai...

    GOA FOOD AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL The Goa Food and Cultural Festival promises to be a celebration of authentic Goan cuisine along with a healthy dose of the state’s vibrant folklore and heritage. With over 70 stalls featuring vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies, traditional and modern sweets, and several other much-loved delicacies the festival showcases traditoonal Goan cuisine that goes beyond the mundane fish curry and rice. Live performances by popular bands like Indus Creed and Parikrama as well as fireworks, DJ nights and surprise prizes are up for grabs The most awaited Food and Cultural fest in Panjim, The Goa Food and Cultural Festival is back with a bang this year. It’s got an amazing fusion of two of the things that we humans love the most, Food and Entertainment. Already wondering how you will manage to get back to work or school with a weekend this good? Well who cares? Cherish and live one day at a time and enjoy the amazing food and entertainment lined up ...

CHOROTSAV The spring festival is something to be experienced in villages across the length. . Many villages are known for some unique feature of their own and are identified by these  festivals.The festival forms a chapter in the village’s history. The story revolves around some youths who were killed by the villagers as they were mistaken to be robbers (Chors), though no one knows the exact history of this age-old practice. The story goes that in the past, people commuted through the forest for work or to collect produce from nature’s bounty. They travelled from village to village from the foothills, climbing across the Western Ghats. During one such daily routine, youths from a neighbouring village who were suspected to have commited robbery were killed. The distraught families of the youth, in search of their loved ones, learn of the tragic fate that had befallen them. Amongst the many festivals and  Chor utsav,  Holi in other parts of the country, is one that spreads ...

THE THREE KINGS FEAST The Feast of Three Kings in Goa is celebrated as an ode to the ‘Our Lady of The Mount’, a statue of Virgin Mary with infant Jesus in her hand, considered to be the protector of the people. On this day, the Lady of the Mount is adorned with jewelry and people from all over climb up to her to seek her blessings. The Festival of the Three Kings is celebrated after 12 days of Christmas to commemorate the visit of the three wise men to infant Jesus. The legend says that the boulder on the nearby hills still bears the footprints of Virgin Mary and the baby, where she supposedly rested before reaching the Hill of Remedies. Many state that the site of the Chapel of Remedios which stands there now was once a Hindu Temple site. Every year during this time, there are hundreds of Christian as well as Hindu devotees who make the annual pilgrimage to the Mount to offer prayers to Madonna, with candles, flowers and incense.The Lady of Mount is said to protect the people. People ...

SAO JOAO Sao Joao festival is immensely popular in North Goa .This festival is marked by young men in Goa jumping into wells to retrieve the gifts thrown in by the villagers.The Sao Joao festival is a wonderful celebration of traditionsSao Joao is a  festival celebrated in Goa in an unusual manner, with devotees leaping into, and swimming in, domestic drinking water wells, as a form of tribute . This festival is marked by young men in Goa jumping into wells to retrieve the gifts thrown in by the villagers. Held at the beginning of the monsoon season , it witnesses people of all ages jumping into wells, ponds and streams Colorful boat races are organized in Soilom, a village in North Goa’s Bardez taluka. However, the festival of Sao Joao is not celebrated with the same enthusiasm over all of Goa. In the south, the celebrations take a somber tone. It is celebrated with great fervour and gusto particularly in Siolim, Anjuna, Candolim, Calangute and Assagao   During the festi...