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| Time
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February |
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Goa
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| Duration |
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3
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| ‘The Pearl
of East' and ‘Queen of Beaches'; Goa is located
on the seashore of the cerulean blue Arabian
Sea . Owing one of the longest coastlines
in India , it is home to more than 40 beaches
within the same union territory. An ideal
blend of tradition and modernity, it is the
only Indian pocket influenced by Portuguese
culture. |
| Carnival
in Goa is a much-awaited festival in Goa equally
by both the locals as well as the tourists.
Come February and the entire Goa is in mood
to party, as it is the period of the Carnival.
The word 'Carnival' has its origin in the
Portuguese word 'Carnaval', which means 'to
take away meat'. It is the beginning of the
period of 40 days of fasting of Lent during
which abstention from meat is compulsory.
The preparations for carnival in Goa begins
from late December or early January. Several
short plays consisting of song, music and
dance related to the history or mythology
of the region are composed and rehearsed several
times to be enacted during the carnival. Only
men participate in these plays and perform
the roles of women. The colorful costumes
and beautiful headgears catch your attention.
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People of every age group went their own way,
did their own thing, insistently, unaccountably-without
any regrets. And at the end of it, there were
no queries and no replies. The cavaliers returned
to their hovels in the slums, the fazendiros
to their gorgeous ranches, and at the samba
clubs the preparations used to start afresh
for the next year's processions, balls and
street dances. Carnival in Goa was a great
leveler as illustrated by the so-called historians.
Early accounts-all of them hearsay-are indeed
educative. The white masters masqueraded as
black slaves and the latter-generally slaves
brought in from Mozambique-plastered their
faces with flour and wore high battens, or
walked on stilts. For those three ephemeral
days, they were happy to be larger than life.
And while the whites and the blacks mimicked
each other the brown dwellers watched this
reversal of roles in awe from the sidelines.
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During
Goa carnival, expect the air in Goa to be
filled with perfume of happiness, the roads
to be jam-packed with fun and the hearts of
the people in Goa to be filled with nothing
but enjoyment and enjoyment and enjoyment.
Three days of continuous music, dance and
fun. Goa is just the place to be during the
February carnival.
Once, Carnival was a mood. It had no spectators
and the active participation of outsiders
was totally a taboo. From dawn to dusk and
back to dawn again, the great Goan Carnival
exemplifies the proverb: "Eat, Drink and Be
Merry"! |
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