Ussapacho Shigmotsav

Shigmo festival in our Goa  is a colour festival celebrated in month of (Phalgun) March. The first day of Shigmotsav Holi is celebrated with colours like neel and gulal, we celebrated this festival with lots of fun and enjoyments. But all people celebrated it in a different form. In my village this festival is  celebrated with great joy and happiness.' Chavato '(a place of God) at that place one festival is celebrated called 'shigmo'.At the first day of Shigmotsav Holi is celebrated with colours like 'neel' and  'gulal', this festival is celebrated with lots of fun and enjoyments.  But all people celebrated it in a different style.
After the next day 'Korulyo' is celebrated. 'Korulyo' means ten to twelve years two boys are keeping fast.Putting 'nath',wearing 'kapad',putting flower in their hair.And then from Sateri Temple to the 'chavato' the people of our village brought them lifting on  their neck by dancing. Small childrens were also dancing with them by putting fancy dress.It's really good to watch people enjoying by wearing different fancy clothes and having a great time and fun. Many peoples and relatives are coming at our place to enjoy our Shigmotsav.After dancing they keep them on a ground  of temple. so after that married women or the married girls from our village coming with coconut, rice and flower and puttings this things in their 'kapad' means they were filling 'oti',then they doing there puja.
At the end of this festival one man become an thiefs mother means in our word we called him as 'choranchi aawai'.Then he went outside the chavato by wearing saree, along with them the small childrens also going.At that time they suppose to stile someones cashew nut, so when they were returning at chavato they should bring the branches of the cashew nut tree along with cashew nut. So in this way our first day of Shigmotsav were came to an end.

Second day of shigmotsav Ghodemodni is celebrated. At that time two mans  arecoming in each house with the horse mask, for that we called Ghode. First of all they were going to the seven mankars house means who were gaonkars and than they went others houses.  From 4.00 pm to 12.00 am they completed all houses.And at the last they were coming to our place because my place was close to the Chavato. So they come last at my place. After doing pooja they went at the place called Zar. At that place one varul of snake was their . So they should take a bath then both of them give water to that varul . After doing this they got Bhar and from that place to our Chavato they coming with a dancing. Along with them our village people were also dancing. So this program was ended at 2: 30 am. So among all festivals which we were celebrated sigmotsav is my favorite one.We celebrated this program with great joy and happiness.