Goan carnival to begin on March 1


VIDYUT KUMAR TA
PTI

PANAJI: Many single out Goa for its beach charm. But
its not all chilling out and roasting on the
palm-fringed sands. That’s for the predictable
tourist. There is a lot more beyond the horizon.

There has been a sudden spurt of ebullient events in
Goa, like the most awaited summer four days fiesta
'Carnival' - starting barely 48 hours from now.
According to N Suryanarayana, Director Of Tourism,
this year's Carnival will be a bit diverse in contrast
to the early ones where the very conventional and
ethnic essence of Goa will be conserved spaced out
from the typical commercial ones.

There will be traditional floats depicting popular
lullabies with capricious and multihued spectacles on
the streets, beginning on March 1, 2003 till March 4,
2003.

According to Mr Joquim Telis, President of the Panaji
Carnival Committee, the concept of having a commercial
annual event like Carnival in Goa is also to herald
'Lent'-a 45-days fasting period in the Christian
community.

The carnival will be commemorated in four different
places like Panaji, Margao, Vasco and Mapusa - Quepem
on four different days overflowed with jollity and
carousing along with the monarch of the festival,
'King Momo' and his consort who will entertain the
holidaymakers.

Around 60 huge floats are estimated to participate in
the Carnival in Panaji including 24 clowns, 15
conventional Goan floats and rest will be corporate
floats booked by Multi National Companies (MNCs) like
Bharat Petrochemical Limited (BPCL), Below Beer,
Pepsi, BSNL, LIC, Income Tax and Fun-Junkers.

Customarily, Carnival floats are artistic handiworks
to add to the desires towards drawing attention on
various aspects of social and cultural ethnicity that
subsist in the present-day Goan society. The dancers
add up to the vivacity to the parades that line up the
Capital streets in Goa with thousands amass to behold
the very Goan exotica.

The event is expected to be a fun-filled one with
people smearing balloons and colours on each other,
instead of the flour, eggs, fruit and water, which was
used in earlier times, said Mr Telis.

The rural community will have its own charismatic and
conventional aspect with traveling troupes performing
in different areas with colourful costumes and merry
inebriation, which is a part of the slice of the
spirit of fun.

With nightlife in Goa turning exciting with chill,
spills and thrill, the usual mood will be as tranquil
as ever with the sand the moon and the pounding waves.
This is not all as Goa is expected to take part in its
second Carnival nicked named ' 'Shigmo' which will set
in motion on March 19 till March 24, 2003, accompanied
by the fanfare of drum beats and the epic enactions of
Mythology.

The Shigmo festival is usually colourful with the
vivid vibrancy that hues the festivities and bedeck
every area that is celebrating, with music of the Dhol
and conches.

Meanwhile, although, the Goan Carnival has turned into
a pageantry of sorts, it has yet managed to navigate
across the globe and attracted rich (Foreign) and the
poor (Domestic) tourists alike for the unbridled
festivity, which is just, round the corner.


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