The annual popular Sao Joao festival was celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour across the state on Tuesday June 24. The festival is better known for the jumping of people into the local village wells. The jumping act symbolizes St John Baptist’s leaping in his mother Elizabeth’s womb when visited by Mary who was expecting […]
Konkan Fruit Festival is an annual summer event held in the city of Panjim, Goa.
This is the fifth year and I was fortunate to be in the city to attend. The event is
organized by the Botanical Society of Goa along with other bodies such as the
Panjim city corporation, Directorate of Agriculture, ICAR-Goa, and others. It […]
It’s that time of the year again. The smell of feni wafting through the air, invites you to a sip of the heady brew on a hot summer afternoon. Goans love their feni as much as they do their spicy food.
And giving you just that, is Goa’s Tourism Department alongwith Loungefly who are organising a […]
Goa is a land of festivities. All religions celebrate their festivals with absolute communal harmony. Amona village of Bicholim taluka is one of the villages of Goa which celebrates lots of festivals through out the year. Today the festival of Joy, gay and devotion called Vodle Dev is being celebrated.
Tarang of Shri Dev Betal and […]
With a bunch of carefree Goan friends spicing up my college days, there was no way I could escape their cuisine. Goans are nothing if not obsessed with food and drink. Why else would they make painstaking dishes like the dessert called bebinca which requires hours of layering!
Goan fish curry rice!!
If in those years […]
March 30, 2008 – 10:23 pm
After many days of bad press, Goa was back in a festive mood with the famous Shigmo festival, which depicts the state’s folk culture. The festival is also popularly known as the Carnival.
IT’S PARTY TIME FOLKS! The famous Shigmo festival depicts Goa’s folk culture.
“This festival takes us back to our culture. Many tourists come […]
Pre-monsoon showers in the state filled the vacuum and added that extra charm in the holi celebration across the state on Saturday March 22. It was just when hundreds of small/big groups had stepped out of their houses with a single aim of playing holi to its peak that pre-monsoon showers started with lightning and […]
October 15, 2007 – 5:00 pm
Muslims in Goa celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr with great pomp and gaiety all over the state. Prayers were offered in mosques and Idgahs followed by exchanging of sweets with their brethren from other faiths.
The Imam of Jama Masjid, Maulana Muhammad Ali Kadri appealed to the Muslims to be tolerant and maintain peace and communal harmony “as this […]
October 13, 2007 – 6:12 pm
The Folk Dance Competition which was a part of the 30th Anniversary celebrations of the Ruwi Church, Oman, was held on October 11, 2007 on the church premises.
The parish priest, Rev. Fr. Raoul flagged off the competition with an opening prayer.
The Chief Guest for the evening was Mr. Baltazar Fernandes, General Manager for Loay International […]
September 18, 2007 – 8:05 pm
The first phase of ‘visarjan’ (immersion) ceremony of a day-and-a-half Ganesh was carried out with great enthusiasm across the state on Sunday night.
The next Visarjan will be held on the 5th day, then on the 7th day, then 9th, 11th and 21st day of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebration.
At most of the Sarvajanik Ganapati Mandals, Visarjan […]
