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Travel Blog of Medhavi Davda.
​Solo Woman Traveler  & Adventure Travel Blogger from India.

Goa Tribal Festival

1/20/2017

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Goa Tribal Fest gave me a reason to learn about the culture and traditions of Goa in my recent visit to this state. Goa is a destination which I have visited quite frequently, but only on my last visit I saw a different side of this pretty little state, which I wouldn't have explored on my own. I was surprised to see how passionately Goans are trying to preserve their culture, traditions and heritage.
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While some are trying to preserve the old artefacts from Goan lifestyle, some are trying to preserve the spice plantations that were introduced by the Portuguese and some are trying to depict traditional lifestyle of Goans with the help of statues, many art and culture lovers of Goa are putting hands together for the common purpose.

Such an effort is made to preserve the culture and traditions of the Goan Christian Tribes by Christian Adivasi Sangathan. It was their sixth edition of Goa Tribal Festival on 7-8 January 2017 at Xeldem, Goa.
While the men enjoyed the unique traditional games of Goa - Logoreani, Ton Barani, Guli Danda, the women cooked their traditional Goan food items - Fov, Ambil, Pita Gulio, Pinagre, Donne, Sanna, Pattoleo, Shevyo and Soji.
Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
She was the cutest lady out there who communicated with me in sign-language because of the language barrier. She wanted me to taste what she cooked. She is wearing the goan traditional saree (Kunbi) in the most traditional style.
Woman wearing Kunbi, traditional goan saree at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
Woman wearing Kunbi, traditional goan saree at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
How pretty were the bowls and ladles (serving spoon) made from coconut shells. More than creative, I found them artisitc.
Woman serving Ambil at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
Woman serving Ambil at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
These ladies are cooking on a traditional fire-place (chulha) in the traditional utensils.
women cooking in traditional goan style at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
women cooking in traditional goan style at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
Another piece of creativity for making rice noodles in the traditional way.
women cookin traditional goan noodles at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
women cookin traditional goan noodles at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
The shades of the goan traditional sarees called Kunbi. This is the style in which they were hanged and arranged in the olden homes.
Kunbi - traditional goan sarees
Kunbi - traditional goan sarees
There was a demonstration of the traditional mat (mandri) weaving techniques.
Women weaving mats at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
Women weaving mats at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
The lady here demonstrates the art of weaving nivoni and brooms.
Women weaving at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
Women weaving at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
The man is packaging the items weaved by the ladies.
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We also feasted on Goan traditional cuisine - prawn salad, prawn curry, fried fish, pumpkin curry and rice.
Traditional Goa food at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
Traditional Goa food at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
The beautiful Goan tribal ladies ready for performing a folk dance posing for us, with us.
We had a good experience of knowing and learning about these lesser known tribal communities of Goa.

The more I learn about people on my travels, the more it helps me expand my mind.
Saree competition at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
Saree competition at Goa Tribal Festival Xeldem
I also explored the Portuguese Heritage colony in Fontainhas and Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary in Chorao Island as a part of my offbeat explorations in Goa on this trip.

P.S. I was invited by Goa Tourism Board to cover the #GoaTribalFest
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Related posts:
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary in Chorao Island, Goa
Offbeat Goa: Portuguese heritage colony in Fontainhas
4 Comments
Dharmesh
1/29/2017 01:34:58 pm

Travel develops a connection to either a place/culture/tradition/people in one's mind and emotions. Everyone,everywhere has some narrative to tell us, thats what travelling brings it to us. There it stands different than commerical touring. Hoping to know more of different traditions and cultures from your blogs in future.

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Medhavi Davda link
1/30/2017 06:59:22 pm

Hi Dharmesh,
Thanks a lot for appreciating what I try to bring out in my blogs. Traveling has become very immersive for me now. Apart from adventures, I'm getting involved with people's lifestyle, culture, traditions and architecture of the place. I will bring this out more in my blogs.

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vinayak paranjpe
2/3/2017 09:43:28 am

wonderful! I am totally unaware of this culture and traditions of Goa. Do Goa Tourism Board advt. this anywhere? will try visiting next time.

Good luck for the next venture.

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Medhavi Davda link
2/4/2017 11:43:08 am

Thank you Vinayak. Goa Tourism is promoting this through me. They advertise this in a couple of news papers. It is generally organised in the beginning of January.

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