Fairs And Festivals of Vengurla

                                     Vengurla abounds in festivals and fairs around temples and churches which also memorialize early legends. These are the occasions when a Vengurlekar peasant manifests happiness and gladness.

Jatra

                                      It is celebrated in all temples of special importance being at Rameshwar , Sateri , Tulas Jaitir ,Parule - Vetoba , Aaravali - Vetoba , Mansishwar , Ghodemukh , pal - Khajanadevi ,  vetore - Sateri ,Gavadeshwar , Swayambhu - Math .

                                      Since Vengurla is a mixture of Christianity, Hinduism & even Islam, so apart from these there are a number of festivals celebrated by the respective community, but enjoyed by everyone & making vengurla a melting pot of eastern & western cultures

January/February (Magh)
                                              Mahashivratri, a celebration in honor of Lord Shiva held at all the principal Siva temples, such as the Rameshwar , Siddheshwar - Khanoli , Swayambhu-Math  and other temples.

February/March(Phalgun)
                                              Shigmotsav or Shigmo is a grand eleven-day festival of colors, celebrated distinctively in the villages, corresponding with Holi Festival. Held for one-week up to the full-moon day in March, Shigmo is universally celebrated in Vengurla, but especially at Math, Tulas, Khanoli  and Vetore.
                                               Ghodemodni or parade of the horse riders is a part of Shigmo and is found in Math and Talawade. Hypnotic and rhythmic music of drums and shistles accompany the martial dance, which parades down the main street, imitating horses and their riders.
                                                 Rombat takes place on the third and fourth day of Shigmo in Math & in vengurla it takes place on the eleventh day. It is a procession of men in traditional dress , dancing to the music of drums.
                                                 Holi is celebrated as Gulal or Rangapanchami at Swanwadi. The day  attracts huge crowds. On this spring festival day, people enjoy a puran poli, a sweet, stuffed chappati made of channa dal and refined flour (maida), served warm with clarified butter or a bowl of milk. 

                                                Other delicacies prepared exclusively for festival days are shrikand, motichur ladoo, basundi and kheer. Each year, after a successful winter harvest, people get ready to welcome the spring with Holi - the festival of colors. Holis or bonfires are lit in the night and people gather to worship the fire-god, who is believed to burn away all evil. On the next day, people of all ages come outside and playfully drench each other with colored water. Brightly colored powders are applied on faces, and there is plenty of music, dance and sweets to fill the rest of the day. The exuberant display of colours symbolizes the advent of a colorful and prosperous spring season.
 

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