VIVA CARNIVAL

About:

• Carnival in Goa is also called "Carnaval", "Intruz", "Entrado", or (colloquially) "Viva Carnival".
  
  
• The colourful festival, a vestige of the state’s erstwhile Portuguese rulers, is a celebration before the month of Lent followed by Catholics in Goa.
  
  
• With float parades, music, dance and culinary delights, over the decades, the exuberant celebration has been an eagerly awaited annual event showcasing Goa’s vibrant culture.
  
  
• While carnival celebrations are held across the state by the Goa Department of Tourism, Panaji is the centre of action during the carnival.
  
  
• Like in other parts of the world, the celebration kicks off with an opening ceremony and has parades of floats in the streets. The streets are decorated with striking masks, colourful streamers, lights on its tree-lined streets.
  
  

King Momo:

• King Momo, or the king of Chaos, is a character derived from the Greek god Momus, the god of satire.
  
  
• Like in the many Latino Carnivals, the Goa Carnival also crowns a King Momo, usually “a large gentleman” who leads the carnival parade.