Sao Jao Festival
Introduction to Sao Joao Festival
The Sao Joao Festival is celebrated throughout Goa with a lot of grandeur and ceremony. This festival of Sao Joao is dedicated to St.John, the Baptist and is marked by the feast of St.John. The Sao Joao Festival is mainly celebrated by the local youth of the villages who engage themselves in unlimited festivities. These include getting drunk, jumping inside the wells, consuming fruits etc which are all a part of the tradition of Sao Joao.
Description of Sao Joao Festival
The Sao Joao Festival presents a pretty and a colorful sight. On the event of the Festival of Sao Joao in Goa, the sons-in-law who are newly wed celebrate and rejoice at their mothers-in-law's homes. The mother gifts the daughter with a basket full of fruits such as mangoes, jackfruits, pineapples etc which they take home. There is a colorful procession carried out by the youth of the village.
| Fairs and Festivals in Goa |
| Bonderam Festival | Christmas Carnival |
| Feast of Three Kings | Feast of St Francis Xavier |
| Goa Carnival | Mardi Grass Festival |
| Procession of All Saints | Sao Joao Festival |
| Shigmotsav |
Wearing a crown of leaves and carrying bottles of the popular Goanese drink Feni, they walk through villages till they arrive at a well of a pond where they take a plunge along with the sons in law.
Time for celebrating Sao Joao Festival
The time for celebrating the Soao Joao Festival is June 16 this year.
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