Street festivals are held worldwide and
they are also cultural events. By searching festivals, we can get information
about racial characteristics. In this essay, Goa Carnival is talked.
Goa
was a colony of Portugal. The old beautiful churches built in Goa are the
UNESCO world heritage place, and we can see construction like the model of a
baroque style and Goa culture is affected by Portugal.
Then, Goa carnival was first started in Goa
in 1961.
It was first celebrated by King Momo ,which
is one of the Chaos King of the state of the
Since the state has experienced different
the reign of the Portuguese rulers more than 500 years, this festival will
reflect some of the Portuguese lifestyle.
However, recently, people from different
caste and creed, will celebrate in this carnival in the same way and
participate. This Goa festival will drew its meaning from the Latin word
"carnival", which means "to throw away the meat. Therefore, one
of the strict rules of this important festival of Goa, is to withhold the meat
in time carnival. So as to extend generally 3 to 4 in one year, this carnival
is one of the eagerly awaited Goa festival.
In early time, festival was exclusively
famous by local residents of the state. However, currently, the carnival of Goa
attracts a lot of people of different several places in India.
The most characteristics thing of the
carnival is a rich decoration. People who join the carnival wear gorgeous
costumes and walk and dance.
The
Goa carnival will be continued forever.