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Diwali: The
Five-day Hindu festival of lights features
processions all over the region.
Feast of Saint Francis
Xavier: The feast is celebrated on Old
Goa.
Christmas:
Celebrated everywhere in Goa, Music, dancing and
fireworks follow late-night mass.
Fiesta dos Reis:
Procession of young boys decked out as the Three
kings. The Procession goes to the Franciscan
chapel of Reis Magos, near Panjim, 3 km east of
Fort Aguada. Other processions are held at
Candelim and Chandor.
Shantadurga Prasann:
The Hindu festival of Shantadurga Prasann is
celebrated with much gaiety and fanfare at the
small village of Fatorpa, South of Margoa in
January. There is a night procession of chariots
bearing the goddess and as many as 100,000
people flock to the festival. The Shri
Bodgeshwar Yatra or temple festival takes place
just south of Mapusa.
Carnival: Three
days of feni-induced mayhem, centring on Panjim,
to mark the run-up to lent.
Shigmo: The
Goan Version of Holi is celebrated with big
parades and crowds. Drum and dance groups
compete and parade through the streets.
Easter Sunday & Easter
Monday: All saints on the fifth Monday
of lent, twenty-six effigies of saints, martyrs,
popes kings, queens, and cardinals are paraded
around the village of Velha Goa, near Panjim. A
fair also takes place.
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