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Novidade in Goa
Goa’s Novidade - Novidade is an offering ceremony that takes place sometime around the months of August and September.
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During Novidade the farmers belonging to both Hindu and Christian community offers the first harvest of the rice crop to the Church.
No farmer is allowed to harvest his crops before it is given to the Church as an offering. Novidade is a brilliant example of the religious tolerance and harmony that characterizes the life of the Goan people.
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During Novidade, the parish priest himself harvests a sheaf and returns with it the Church to offer it as an offering at the altar of the Lord as a mark of thankfulness.
The harvest assumes its normal course once the offering has been made.
Accompanied by the local people who celebrate with music, fire works and jubilation. During the second half of the month the women folk, who are the descendents of the earliest tribal settlers in Goa, perform a dance popularly known as the Bhandup.
Novidade Festival in Goa - Novidade is the name of the offering ceremony when farmers of both the Hindu and Christian community offer the first rice crop harvest to the church before proceeding with anymore harvesting the.
This festival that occurs in the Indian months of Bhadra-Pada, and corresponds with the months of August and September, is an
exemplary evidence of the religious integrity and tolerance of the people of Goa. During the time of the Novidade, the parish priest plays the part of the harvester by himself harvesting a sheaf of rice.
He returns with this first sheaf to the Church, where he offers it before the altar of the Lord. Regardless of the farmer’s religion, no one will harvest his rice crop before this traditional offering has been made during the Novidade; the harvesting commences in its regular process only after this ritual has been conducted.
Goan Festivals in India - Local people accompany the priest to the Church in a procession singing hymns and other songs of adoration.
Novidade is the name of the offering ceremony when farmers of both the Hindu and Christian community offer the first rice crop harvest to the church before proceeding with anymore harvesting the.
This festival that occurs in the Indian months of Bhadra-Pada, and corresponds with the months of August and September, is an exemplary evidence of the religious integrity and tolerance of the people of Goa.
During the time of the Novidade, the parish priest plays the part of the harvester by himself harvesting a sheaf of rice. He returns with this first sheaf to the Church, where he offers it before the altar of the Lord.
Regardless of the farmer’s religion, no one will harvest his rice crop before this traditional offering has been made during the Novidade; the harvesting commences in its regular process only after this ritual has been conducted.
Music, fire-works and jubilation are the chief celebratory displays during the festival. A dance, called the Bhandup, too is performed by the women folk of one of Goa's earliest tribal settlers. This dance is performed during the second half of the month.
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