Shigmo or Shimga is the Goan expression of the sprit of spring around the month of March, very close to the carnival. The focal hour of its celebration is the full moon day of the month of Phalguna. Shigmo is the time for the home coming of the brave, who had left their firesides with the Dussehra. For the farmer and the shepherd, it is the time of rebirth of nature and for the warriors, the time of return of man. Ceremonial thanksgiving, processions to temples and shrines, songs, dramas and dances, bonfires, masquerades and abuses, festoons, banners, colours and sweets are in plenty on this occasion. Rang-panchami gets merged into the celebration with the throwing of colours in a boisterous manifestation of gaiety.
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