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Ladainha
Ladin in Goa festival - In Goa you can see different colors and connotations of festivals. There are numerous festivals in Goa which are celebrated with equal fervor and gaiety.
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Of those many, Ladainha or Ladin is again one which presents a complete new concept and reason behind its celebration.
Ladainha or Ladin stands for the meaning ‘litany to the Virgin Mary'. It is primarily a form of Thanksgiving and is very popular among the Goan Christians.
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This festival is celebrated to offer thanksgiving to god. Every year a different person who wants to have good luck in the following year or have been blessed with God's special grace patronizes it.
To celebrate Ladainha Festival in Goa or Ladin or say Thanksgiving people buy grams, Branco wine, candles and colorful tinsel from the local market.
Everyone decorate their family altar with flowers, creepers, crotons laid out in vases. They prepare special food as they soak gram in water and put it on the fire to boil and later mix it with sliced coconut chips.
On the day of Ladainha or Ladin people sing litany accompanied with violin. Various kinds of hymns and prayers are also chanted. This chanting is presided over and conducted by the village choirmaster or a local violinist.
The most important and almost the national festival for Goan's is the Ganesh Chaturthi known as 'Chovoth'.
The festivities run into several days, at least two and half days, when puja of Gouri and Mahadev along with Ganapati, is performed, Gouri being drawn on paper and Mahadev on a coconut.
On these days married women fast. On the Chovoth day, in the morning or evening, a clay idol of Ganapati is brought home.
Before that a matov (pavilion or pandal) is prepared with bunches of betel nut, coconut, bananas and branches of mango-trees being necessary ingredients of it
. The puja of Ganapati goes on until mid-day. The puja is performed with the help of the priest.
On the second day, in the evening or at night, after performing the uttara puja of the image of Ganapati, it is taken in procession and immersed into the sea, creek, river, lake or well. Before the idol is removed from its stand for immersion, it is besought for the welfare of the household and its members.
Three days of Chovoth means, days of great rejoicing for children. Girls collect different types and shapes of leaves for Gauri, Mahadev and Ganapati.
There is competition in flower-making also. At least five vegetables are cooked on that day. Aartis is a special performance on the occasion of the Ganapati festival.
To sum it up, it can be said that all the people, irrespective of whether they are sponsors or not, thank God for all the material and spiritual gains.
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