Shigmotsav or Shigmo is a grand five-day festival of colours, celebrated distinctively in the villages, corresponding with Holi. The Carnival in Goa is a non-stop 3-day festival of colour, song and music, creating a healthy entertainment for all, young and old. The soothing climate, full of fun-n-frolic, which it generates, is much longed for. An equally interesting annual festival is the Mangeam Puja, when chickens are thrown into the Cumbarjua River to appease the crocodiles residing there, in exchange for not making a meal of any villager for the coming year.
