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In recent years the state government has supported public Shigmo parades consisting of traditional folk and street dancers and elaborately built floats depicting scenes from regional mythology and religious scenes. Meanwhile, Shigmo festivals also continue in various rural parts of Goa, spanning over
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is considered a festival performed in the village temple. It is celebrated in different temples on different dates around the same period. On the first day, the village deity is bathed and dressed in saffron robes. After the offering of food, a feast is held. Shigmo celebrated in the temples of
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a fortnight, with different days earmarked for celebrations in different areas. This festival is celebrated around March each year. It is linked to the Hindu lunar calendar, hence its date according to the
Gregorian calendar varies.
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are drums, some of which can be huge, which people carry from door to door, dancing to their sound. Money is placed in a plate carried by the performers, in response to which they sing a song called the
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are songs sung in chorus during the festival, when villagers assemble at a fixed place.
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can be considered mainly as a festival of folk songs and folk dances, while
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is a spring festival celebrated in the Indian state of
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95:There are two variants of Shigmo festival:
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153:is another kind of song. Dances include
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236:References
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82:Shigmo now
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522:Shakrain
219:See also
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72:Sanskrit
155:Talgadi
64:Prakrit
587:Navreh
512:Pongal
412:Diwali
407:Chhath
159:Hanpet
115:Timing
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