JoeGoaUk - GOA: parade

4 days Goa Carnival celebrations February 26 till 1st March 2022

Panaji Floats on day 1, 26th Feb - Pics and videos

Margao on 27th Feb

Vasco da Gama 28th Feb

Mapusa 1st March , see pics video below

King Momo Emiliano

Carnival floats parade never starts on time. This year it was to start at 3pm but started around 4.45pm.

This year there were no Politicition VIP or Chief guests including ministers due to election Model Code of conduct still in place till 10th March 2022. Some bureaucrats like IAS officers were there instead.

King Momo this year is Emeliano P Dias of Raia, Goa

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51904362137/

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King Momo at Mapusa

https://flic.kr/p/2n6pRxb

Stilt walker , Mapusa

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51914514823/in/photostream/

https://flic.kr/p/2n5EXJ7

VIP, Dignitaries

Starting point (Float parade)

No Politicians, ministers only bureaucrats (election Model Code in force)

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Cow feasting on garbage, Mapusa

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51915005460/

Women dancing with ladoos, Mapusa

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51913427487/

Video 1

Panaji Preparations

https://youtu.be/YhI3IW0KLRU

More pics

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51905371010/

Floats

Corona, covid

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51905964760/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51905645529/

Fiat car

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51905965880/

Goa Police Band, watch video below

https://flic.kr/p/2n6c4A8

bullock cart

Sealife, seahorse

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51905333031/

King Kong

Cyclists electric?

Ata setu in the background, 3 bridges

Khajekar de Morjim

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Live statue , Bombay VT

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51905416018/

Pink Force, lady police, Goa

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51905968590/in/photostream/

Eagle, flight

https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk82/51904359757/in/photostream/

Pig , dukor

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Video 2

Panaji Floats - King Momo, Pink Force, Police Brass band

https://youtu.be/60ncAx1bCL4

Carnaval Khell - Moll

https://youtu.be/d8cK5NOv3JA

BandL Seby Moraes, Ancet, Jose

https://flic.kr/p/2n6CPPt

Village Carnaval Khell

By Silva de Benaulim with Tracy de Calangute, Rhea Rodrigues, Sera, Jalson Pacheco, Mario etc

Moll or modd

video 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUPYd4EthXk

Panaji floats etc

Goa Police Brass band

Video:

Video:

https://youtu.be/BIEmQYjYbCs

Mapusa Carnival floats, King Momo etc

https://youtu.be/DCBT4snO23I

Panaji / Mapusa Float

Cashew nuts factory

https://youtu.be/jBQYAFABSkY

Goa Shigmo or Shigmotsav 2016
An initiative of Goa Tourism

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Dates for Shigmo Float Parades
25th March Ponda
26th March No Parade (Good Friday)
27th March Panaji
27th March Margao
28th March Bicholim
29th March Vasco
30th March Quepem
31st March Curchorem / Sanvordem
1st April Sanguem
2nd April Cuncolim also Tivim
3rd April Mapusa also Shiroda
4th April Pernem
5th April Sankhali
6th April Valpoi also Dharbandora
7th April Canacona

Once again the Panaji shigmo ended late, very late. If police did not interfere then the whole thing would have ended around 2.30am.

Looks like it started very late as usual.

We decided to give a miss this time because it ends very late every year.

However, at 8 pm we decided to go and watch at least half of the floats.

We arrived at Kala Academy at 8.30pm and surprised to see Float parade not even started yet.

Romtamel were still going on and last group of Romtamel left the starting point (Caculo Island) at 23.15. Last float (Chitrarath) to leave the originating point at 00:45 or 12.45am which means it would arrive at the terminating point i.e. Azad Maidan around 2am and the programme on stage including prize distribution, senior artistes felicitation, Speeches etc whole thing would have ended around 2.30am. Last year it ended at 1.15am though

Looks like top committee members already abandoned the show and disappeared. Not even local MLA and Dempo Baba were seen at Azad Maidan. At 1.21 am it was announced that stage programme is cancelled and that result will be declared 2 days later on local dailies.

Surprisingly, no local dailies (English) brought this up in their editions, they did publish floats pics though.

Watch Video No. 6 (below) for all 30 floats

Pics

Azad Maidan 1.10am