Goa Carnival FestivalCarnival in Goa is full of entertainmentGoa Carnival 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. Most of the countries have carnivals but the unique thing about the Goa carnival is that the people of Goa have inculcated different items in the carnival that makes us feel the different shades of Goa. Goans begin preparations for this grand carnival from somewhere, say late December or early January. People in Goa rehearse for the plays to be enacted during the Goa carnival. These short plays are composed by the Goans themselves and consists of music, songs and dance. The plays usually have a touch of history to it. The cast consisting of men only, perform the roles of women too. Dressed in the most colourful costumes, their headgear surpasses those worn by any primitive tribe in Asia or Africa. On the first day, the streets of Goa are filled with colourful processions and lavish floats and this continues for three days and four nights. The tourists and Goans throng the streets either to watch the procession or to take part in it. Music rents the air and you cannot help but join the dance. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do, the Goa carnival brings everyone closer and it is simply fun all around. You will find people dressed in combat uniform waging an artificial war with potatoes or colour powders. Huge trucks filled with young people staging various tableaus or equipped with buckets of colored water throwing them at the spectators. A person dresses up as King Momo and he presides over the carnival in Goa for three days. It is King Momo who distributes prizes to various contestants for putting in excellent performance during the carnival in Goa. The carnival in Goa is held for three days, three days of dancing, three days of boundless music, three days of extravagant fun but the memories that you gather from the carnival of Goa is going to last a life time. The carnival in Goa is one place to be if you want to forget all the cares in the world and simply flow along in a river of happiness and fun. Origin of Goa CarnivalOne of the most popular festivals of India, the Goa carnival, a three-day fest, had its birth in Goa during the era of King Momo. He ushered in the Goa carnival just before the Lent season (Lent is the period of fasting and penance in the Christian calendar and corresponding somewhat to the Mohammedan fast before Ramzan Id). This festival of Goa usually starts off on Sabado Gordo (Fat Saturday) and concludes on Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday)-the eve of Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of the season of Lent.History of CarnivalThe word carnival comes from the Latin word-carnelevarium, which means 'putting away the flesh'. Carn meant flesh, and leavare meant to remove. But levare, could also mean to raise, perhaps the Brazilians wanted to interpret it as raising a gala storm. Brazil was the first country to play host to the carnival. Carnival is a festival of revelry and fun observed in many countries around the world, though its actual form varies from country to country. The exact reason behind the carnival is not known but it appears the carnival had its genesis in a human necessity-that of giving itself a complete holiday from the mundane cares and problems of the daily world.The joy returns every year for less than a week-five days- in Brazil, before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent which was once a dreary season of penance and abstinence-40 long week days preceding Easter Sunday.
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