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Shigmo Festival
April 1 , 2021
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- Goa has announced that this year no Shigmo spring festival parades will be held.
- It was mainly due to sudden hike in COVID-19 infections.
- Shigmo is the biggest spring festival in Goa.
- It was scheduled to take place in the first week of April.
- Shigmo is the celebration of a ‘rich, golden harvest of paddy’ by the tribal communities of Goa.
- Agricultural communities including the Kunbis, Gawdas and Velips celebrate the festival that also marks the onset of spring.
- Folk dances like Ghodemodini, Gopha and Phugadi are among the many dances performed by the participating communities.
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