Through out the year Goa is in the festival mood with the thanksgiving, monsoon celebrations, processions-all marking the Goanese calendar.

Goa is a place where festivals are a way of life and celebrated around the year. Most of the celebrations are woven around religious occasions. Singing and dancing being a part of life, the Goans thrive on festivals. Some of the festivals that are celebrated with pomp are listed below.

Bonderam Festival
The feast of Bonderam is celebrated on the fourth Saturday of August every year...

Christmas
Like elsewhere in the world, December 25 is celebrated in India too as the nativity of...

Diwali
Dewali (Diwali) is the day when the festive focus has shifted from the city stores...

Feast Of Three Kings
Perched high on a hill in Quelim, Salcete, stands the tiny centuries-old stone...

Food & Cultural Festival Of Goa
This 5-day festival is planned to give special focus on Goa with reference to Seafood...

Ganesh Chaturthi
The Ganesh festival is one packed with fun and frolic, a time for prayer as well as...

Goa Carnival
Carnival in Goa is a non-stop 3-day festival of color, song and music, providing a healthy entertainment for all...

Good Friday/ Easter
Good Friday is a day of sincere reverence among Goan Catholics. It is the culmination of Lent...

Sao Joao Festival
Sao Joao is the feast of St. John the Baptist observed all over Goa on 24th June. Newly wed...

Shigmotsav
Shigmo in Goa is esentially a festival of the masses. Though it is celebrated under different....

St. Francis Day
The body of St Francis Xavier lies in a silver casket in the Church of Bom Jesus in...