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Christian Festivals

January 6:
Feast of the Three Kings, Fair & Festival of GoaFeast of the Three Kings at Reis Magos, Cuelim (Cansaulim) and Chandor.

February 2:
Feast of Our Lady of Candelaria at Pomburpa.

5th Monday in Lent:
Procession of All Saints of the Franciscan Third Order (only other besides Rome) at Goa Velha.

1st Sunday after Easter:
Feast of Jesus Nazareth at Siridao.

16 days after Easter:
Feast of Our Lady of Miracles at Mapusa.

21st August:
Festival of Novidades-offering of first sheaves of rice crop to the Head of State.

Monday of 12th to 18th October:
Fama de Menino Jesus at Colva.

3rd Wednesday of November:
Feast of Our Lady of Rosary at Navelim. Christian Festivals, Goa Christian Festival, Christian Festival India Goa, Goa Christian Festival Info, Christian Fairs and Festival Information Goa India This occasion draws thousands of faithful to Goa to participate in the religious event. Fair & Festival of Goa

3rd December:
Feast of St. Fiancis Xavier, Patron saint of Goans at Old Goa.

8th December:
Feast of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception at Panaji and Margtio.

25th December:
Christmas, all over Goa with the customary Midnight Mass on gatherings and special Christmas Eve and with prayers gathering and special Christmas festivals.Christian Festivals, Goa Christian Festival, Christian Festival India Goa, Goa Christian Festival Info, Christian Fairs and Festival Information Goa India A Goan will leave his front door open during the festival as a gestures of generosity toward all who may visit his home.

With a harmonious mix of variant creed and thought flow in its population, Goa has always a reason to celebrate. Despite a long period of Portuguese colonisation, the colourful festivals have retained their unique Goan aroma and are celebrated with deep fervour. Most of the celebrations are woven around religious occasions. Christian Festivals, Goa Christian Festival, Christian Festival India Goa, Goa Christian Festival Info, Christian Fairs and Festival Information Goa India Singing and dancing becomes a part of life. People step down to streets in vibrant attires and the whole state pulsates with the beats of merriment. Come to Goa during your holiday to see a new life. A life that never gets tired to enjoy!
Variant Colours of Festivity

Just before Lent in February-March, Goa surrenders to the spirit of fun and frolic and celebrates the Carnival. A portuguese legacy, Goans celebrate the Carnival with mind-blowing dance performances, euphonic music, delicious food, float parades and the uproarious festivities of three days, presided over by King Momo in all the major towns. Join in, let your hair down to the exquisite spirit of joie de vivre and get a memorable experience to relish throughout your life.

The mixed culture of Goa is manifestated in other festivals too. Be a part of the glamorous Shigmo, applauded as the festival of colours. You can see colourful floats depicting Hindu mythology. Dance with the rhythm of cymbals with the folks, adorned in traditional costumes and carrying myriad coloured flags. The biggest Christian festival - the Feast of St. Francis Xavier - is held on 3rd December at Old Goa and is attended by thousands of devotees from all pockets of the world. The festival is unique in a way that it beckons an interesting blend of east and the west. The magnificent dance forms like Kunbi and Mando are vivid examples of this fusion of Oriental and Western cultures - with predominatly western music and oriental movements. Goa has a few other unparagoned festivals that gives this palm-fringed state an extra edge.
Merriment In Monsoons

While Goa celebrates 365 days of the year, the monsoon festivals are fascinating as the rituals around them are a passageway to ancient fertility rites and worship of the elements that are long forgotten. The Sao Joah (Saint John) feast is an interesting occassion in which the village folks jump into monsoon drenched wells. Goans explain the custom with a reference to St. John, the Baptist, leaping in his mother's womb when she met Mary, the mother of Jesus. You can see a number of makeshift rafts - sangodd - or boats adorned impressively floating on streams and rivers in some north Goans villages. As the rains wash the terrain and red mud comes to their true self, Goa springs up in Chikhalkala, the festival of mud that takes place in front of Devaki Krishna Temple in Marcela, in Ponda Taluka. It is amazing to see players (khelgadi) smear oil on their bodies and play traditional games in the mud, believed to have been played by child Krishna.

 

 

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