The Homkund Festival: Fire, Faith, and Tradition on Chorao Island The Homkund Festival—also known as Homkhand or Homkund Utsav—is a distinctive and spiritually charged fire-walking ritual held annually on Chorao Island in Goa as part of the Shigmo festivities. At its heart lies an intense ceremony in which local men and boys walk barefoot across […]
Sheni Uzo at Molcornem
Sheni Uzo at Molcornem On the first full moon night after Shigmo, the remote village of Molcornem in Quepem hosts a unique and ancestral village ritual to celebrate the festival, their founding fathers, and their beliefs. In a fast-changing world defined by the use of modern technology, one may be left bewildered as […]
Topshyo: A fiery finale to Shigmo in Fatorpa
Topshyo: A fiery finale to Shigmo in Fatorpa Several temples across Goa observe their own sets of rituals and festivities during Holi and Shigmo, and the celebration at the Shri Shantadurga Fatarpekarin temple at Fatorpa is a sight to behold! On Monday, March 21, 2022, the village and its residents were covered in […]