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	[Goanet]SHIGMO
		The Shigmo in Goa is a variant of the SHIMGA [shim= border]of Maharashtra and the BONDERAM of Divar.
		Whether it is shigmo or holi it is not 'holy' as per the traditional Western understanding of religion.
		This shigmo is very important because the fading BJP and the resurgent MGP will be defining their electoral boundaries.
	www.mail-archive.com /goanet@goanet.org/msg23846.html (853 words)

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		Celebrated mostly by the masses in the close religious association of religious rites, the festival of Shigmo is accompanied by the fanfare of drum beats and the epic enactions of Mythology.
		The streets in the townships, at dusk resound with the music of the Dholl, the drums and conches as huge effigies of wondrous colour and light effects parade their way to prize winning combinations.
		Shigmo is a social festival with a religious core.
	www.goacom.com /culture/shigmo (236 words)

	Festivals of India - SHIGMOUTSAV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shigmo in Goa is esentially a festival of the masses.
		In Goa, which has always been land of temples, Shigmo begins with Naman or collective obeisance of villagers from 9th moon day to full-moon day.
		A spectacular display of Goan Hindu ethnicity and mythology was on show as the annual Shigmo parade held centerstage on Panjim's 18th June Road on 21st March 2000.
	www.aryabhatt.com /fast_fair_festival/Festivals/Shigmoutsav.htm (225 words)

	Shigmotsav, a Goan Cultural Festival
		Interestingly, the Shigmo festival comes immediately after the Dhalo festival which is celebrated in all Goan villages only by women.
		In contrast, all rituals and rites associated with the Shigmo are invariably performed by menfolk.
		Thus Shigmo is known, in all ages, for varied cultural expressions of indigenous nature depicted through folk music, dance and drama.
	www.indiatraveltimes.com /festivals/shigmotsav.html (385 words)

	GOA-WORLD PRESENTS - GOA CARNIVAL 2000
		The celebration of Shigmo festival is in full swing in the South Goa region whereas necessary preparations are underway to celebrate the annual festival in the villages of North Goa.
		Shigmo flourished with the patronage of villages and temples.
		On the other hand it is pertinent to consider that the age-old Shigmo festival which has been conserved and preserved by the simple folks and promoted by temples, comunidades and selfless villagers as a part and parcel of their routine life and uninterruptedly performed in the rural area.
	www.goa-world.com /goa/carnival2000 (6537 words)

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		Shigmo marks the end of the Hindu calendar of lunar months- known as 'Holi' in other parts of the country.
		According to N Suryanarayana, Director of Tourism, this year's Shigmo Carnival will be a bit diverse in contrast to the early ones where the very conventional and ethnic essence of Goa will be conserved spaced out from the typical commercial ones.
		Customarily, Carnival and Shigmo festivals are celebrated to add to the desires towards drawing attention on various aspects of social and cultural ethnicity that subsist in the present-day Goan society.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?artid=40200678 (1816 words)

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		Or Parade of the Horse Riders, is part of Shigmo and is found in Fatorpa and Bicholim.
		Among the various colourful feasts and festivals feasts and festivals that Goa celebrates -with great eclat, Carnaval and Shigmo are the most rumbustious, awaited by the population with intense enthusiasm.
		Unlike 'Shigmo' which is also celebrated in some oilier parts of India, although under different appellations, 'Carnaval Goa's own, unique, and the Union Territorys contribution to India's other expressions at untrammelled revelry.
	www.goa-in-india.com /fairs.htm (1315 words)

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		From 5 - 6pm in the evening until the early hours of the next day, select streets in Panjim Held during the full moon period which marks the beginning of Spring, this festival is Goa's version of Holi, an ancient Hindu Festival.
		Shigmo, besides being an amazing form of entertainment, is also a cultural exhibition of Goa's history from time immemorial upto the present day.
		Regional dances from the Northern and Southern talukas (counties) of Goa also find expression during Shigmo, as well as various acrobats and 'fire-throwers' from Kerala.
	www.armacargroup.com /alor/cultural.html (502 words)

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		Shigmo, like the old Carnival, was once also a personal festival to ring out the old year and ring in the new.
		Increasingly, however, Shigmo is assuming the character of the modern Carnival: floats and street processions accompanied by musicians and columns of colourfully dressed dancers.
		Both Shigmo and Shivaratri are, therefore, held in the last month of the Hindu calender: Shivaratri in the dark half of the month, Shigmo in the bright half.
	www.indiaprofile.com /fairs-festivals/goa-festival.htm (1763 words)

	esamskriti- SHIGMO festival in GOA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Shigmo in Konkan and particularly in Goa is essentially the festival of the masses.
		This festival is indicative of the cultural stage of the masses that celebrate it.
		Shigmo in Goa, generally shuns vulgarity, licentiousness and obscenity and wherever it is resorted to, it is observed as a brief ritual, or as innocuous fun.
	www.esamskriti.com /html/new_inside.asp?cat_name=festivals&cid=923&sid=157 (816 words)

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		Shigmo or Shimga is the Goan expression of the sprit of spring around the month of March, very close to the carnival.
		Shigmo is the time for the home coming of the brave, who had left their firesides with the Dussehra.
		The other manifestations of Shigmo in Goa are the Romatt or Mell, Goff and Tonnya Mell, Dashavatari Khell and Kalo plays and dances.
	www.vjads.com /goaart3.htm (524 words)

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		Shigmotsav or Shigmo is a grand five-day festival of colors, celebrated distinctively in the villages, corresponding with Holi or Spring Festival.
		Held for one-week up to the full-moon day in March, Shigmo is universally celebrated in Goa, but especially at Panaji, Mapusa, Vasco-da-Gama and Margao.
		Hypnotic and rhythmic music of drums and shistles accompany the martial dance, which parades down the main street, imitating horses and their riders.
	goa.mapsofindia.com /travel-guide/fairs-festivals.htm (849 words)

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		A Spring festival celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Phalgun in March.It is a grand five day festival of colour, celebrated distinctively in the villages, corresponding with Holi or Spring Festivals.
		Shigmo is universally celebrated in Goa, but specially in Panaji, Mapusa, Vasco Da Gama and Margoa.
		It is a Procession of men in traditional dress carrying banners and umbrellas dancing to the music of drums.
	www.india-travel.com /goa/ffestival.htm (911 words)

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		Saldanha was on Monday replying to questions with regard to grants made for conducting Shigmo Festival in various parts of the State and the construction of Mandrem Playground.
		Pernem Jitendra Deshprabhu, who raised the Shigmo Festival issue during Question Hour, wanted to know whether the Tourism Department had invited applications for the grant.
		Saldanha said the grants for Shigmo Festival 2003-04 were released on the basis of applications received from Organising Committees of various centres.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004071403010300.htm&date=2004/07/14/&prd=th& (281 words)

	Daily Pioneer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Besides the traditional Carnival and Shigmo festivals of Christians and Hindus held in February and March respectively, the State was organising colourful street parades in important towns and cities on these occasions.
		While Carnival floats had a commercial colour blended with western music and dance besides creative themes, the Shigmo parade was purely a projection of folk dances along with various tableau based on mythological themes.
		Tourism Minister Filip Neri Rodrigues said the proposal was put before the Cabinet after majority of the members of the Carnival and Shigmo committees vehemently proposed that the events should be cancelled in view of the calamity.
	www.dailypioneer.com /archives/secon33.asp?cat=\state5&d=States&t1=feb1401 (280 words)

	Dances of Goa,Coconut Grove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It is a folk dance with cords, manifesting joy and happiness of Goan peasants after the harvest.
		It is performed during the Shigmo Festival in Phalgun (March) month.
		This thanks-giving ceremonial dance-cum-procession performed during the Shigmo festival is known as Romat in the northern Goa and Mell in the central Goa.
	www.coconutgrovegoa.com /goa-tourism/travel-specials/dances-goa/dances_of_goa.htm (1876 words)

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		On one hand the Goans celebrate the Carnival and Shigmo as festivals of joy, on the other, Shivaratri is one of austerity and penance.
		The celebration of the Carnival and the Shigmo comprises of various types of theatrical performances.
		While celebrating Shigmo women hold lamps on their heads and perform the lamp dance.
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	Stayfinder.com - Goa - Festivals & Fairs
		Many of the festivals are celebrated by the residents in the villages in honor of local deities.
		But Christmas, Shigmo (the festival of holi in Goa) and Diwali put the entire region of Goa in to religious rapture.
		The holi festival of India is Shigmo in Goa.
	www.stayfinder.com /travelguide/india/destinations/west/goa/sights_and_attractions/goa_festivals.asp (315 words)

	Goa - India Fairs & Festivals
		Some festivals like Shigmo and Carnival though have religious origin, but with mass appeal have become the festivals of the whole state and society.
		Some festivals are celebrated all over Goa, while some take place at particular places.The observance and celebration of feasts and festivals constitute the joyous aspect of the religious life of the people.
		The most popular public festivals are Carnival, Shigmo and Food Festival.
	www.bharatheritage.in /goa/fairs_festival.htm (1454 words)

	EPABX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As the frequency of the beat rises it has to be matched with faster footwork, and that too, without sacrificing the grace of footwork.
		Shigmo festival, and the spirit of the youth finds expression through various forms of dance and music.
		The dance is annually presented by the peasant community in Canacona SAnguem and Quepem taluka in the Shigmo festival which is the most popular folk festival of Goa.
	www.kalaacademy.org /folkdances.htm (2699 words)

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		Hanpet is a sword dance performed by two or three dancers swords during the Shigmo festival.
		Veerabhadra is a typical south Indian style dance where dancers brandish swords and are accompanied by the typical southern beat of dholak' and 'tasha' as part of religious rites in Ponda, Sanguem and Bicholim Talukas.
		Kumbhi dance is part of the heritage of the Kumbhi community while Lamp dance performed by the women during Shigmo festival highlights them carrying brass lamps on their heads.
	www.goavacationguide.com /goan-dance.html (522 words)

	OnlineBangalore - Destination of the Month - Goa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Carnival is one of the most awaited summer festivals in Goa that also heralds the time of lent for the Goan Christian community.
		Shigmo Festival: Shigmo festival is Goa's version of Holi, an ancient Hindu festival.
		It is celebrated in the month of March during the full moon period from the 11th to 15th moon day that marks the beginning of spring.
	www.onlinebangalore.com /tour/desti/goa/events.html (390 words)

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		Shigmotsavor or Shigmo: All over Goa, Special celebrations at Panaji, Mapusa, Vasco Da Gama and Margoa.
		Ghodemodni or Parade of the horse riders, is part of Shigmo and is found in Fatorpa and Bicholim.
		Drama Festivals form an important part of Shigmo with most villages staging plays during the week.
	www.goa-hotels.net /goa-festivals.htm (1073 words)

	The Hindu : National : It's carnival time in Goa
		The Fusion Carnival was conceptualised by the then Tourism Minister, Matanhy Saldanha, to bring out the best in the Carnival and the Shigmo — the two most popular festivals in the State.
		While the Carnival is a major festival of Catholics, the Shigmo is attended by Hindus, bidding adieu to the winter, in March.
		About 53 Carnival floats and three Shigmo floats that assembled under the Mandovi bridge entered the city in the afternoon, later lead by King and Queen Momo on the D.B. Bandodkar Road till the Kala Academy.
	www.hindu.com /2005/02/06/stories/2005020602122200.htm (482 words)

	Why are fire and flames colored? (incandescence)
		Fire Eater at the Shigmo festival in Madkai Romtamell, India.
		Our colloquial usage of "red hot," "white hot," and so on, is part of the color sequence fl, red, orange, yellow, white, and bluish white, seen as an object is heated to successively higher temperatures.
		The solar wind and the much higher energy particles ejected by solar flares can have dramatic effects on the Earth ranging from power line surges to radio interference to the beautiful aurora borealis.
	webexhibits.org /causesofcolor/3B.html (919 words)

	Jamir suggests think-tank for Goa \| oHERALDo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Ghoddemonni in Bicholim was the best example of display of masks when the Ghodde's came thundering like horses. It was entertainment and a fine piece of our indigenous folkore and culture.
		But over the years the Carnival and Shigmo mask has entered every sector of Goan life for 365 days in a year.
		People would be sitting in official positions, wearing official dresses that provide immunity and commit all sorts of injustices against the weak and the defenceless and go scot free living on public resources.
	oheraldo.in /node/220 (1153 words)

	Goa: Goan Catholic and Hindu Feasts Fairs Zatras
		Shigmotsavor or Shigmo: All over Goa, there are special celebrations at Panaji, Mapusa, Vasco Da Gama and Margoa.
		Shigmo the Spring festival is celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Phalgun in March.
		Corresponding with Holi or Spring Festivals, Shigmo is customarily celebrated throughout Goa, but with a little more of zest in Panaji, Mapusa, Vasco Da Gama and Margao.
	www.amchegoa.com /feasts_fairs_hindu_christian.htm (1320 words)

	GoaCentral.Com-Goa's Cultural Heritage
		The Hanpet (sword dance) is a popular dance performed by two or three dancers with swords during the Shigmo festival.
		This is traditionally performed by women carrying brass lamps on their heads during the Shigmo festival.
		This is another dance form performed during the Shigmo festivities by the early Goan settlers, part of Goa's backward community.
	goacentral.com /Goaculture/goanculture.htm (2195 words)

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