Artsintegr ation 

isanappr oacht ot eachingt hatintegratesthef ineand

performingar tsaspr imarypat hway stol earning.Ar t
si ntegrati
ondi f
fers
fr
om t raditional educati
onbyi tsi nclusionofbot ht hear t
sdi sciplineanda
tr
aditional subjectaspar toflear ning( e.g.usi ngimpr ov i
sati
onal drama
skil
lstol ear naboutconf li
ctinwr it
ing.)Thegoal ofartsintegrat i
oni st o
i
ncreaseknowl edgeofagener al subjectar eawhi l
econcur r
entlyf osteri
nga
greaterunder standingandappr eciationoft hef i
neandper formi ngar ts.
TheJohnF.KennedyCent erfort hePer formi ngAr tsdef i
nesar ts
i
ntegrat i
onas" anappr oacht ot eachi nginwhi chst udentsconst ructand
demonst rateunder standingthroughanar tfor m.Student sengagei na
creati
v epr ocesswhi chconnect sanar tfor m andanot hersubj ectand
meet sev olv i
ngobj ecti
vesi nbot h."

Artsintegrati
oni srelat
edt o 
art
seducat i
on inschools.
Artseducat i
on, whil
eexi st
ingindi
fferentformsdur i
ngthe
19thcent ury,gainedpopularit
yaspar tof 
JohnDewey '
s
ProgressiveEducat ionTheory.Thef i
rstpublicati
onthat
describesaseaml essinterpl
aybetweent hear tsandother
subjects(artsintegrati
on)taughti
nAmer icanschoolswas
LeonWi nsl
ow' TheI
s  ntegr
atedSchoolAr tProgram
(1939). 
Forther emai nderofthe20thcent ury,art
s
educat i
on'sroleinpubl i
cschoolsebbedandf l
owedwi t
h
thecount ry'
spoliti
cal l
eani
ngsandf inancialwell-
bei
ng.
Accor
dingtoLioraBresler
,duri
ngthe1970sand1980s,
twoadvocatesforartsi
ntegr
ati
onemer ged:
HarryBroudy
andEl
li
otEisner.Broudyadvocatedf
ortheartsonthe
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basisofst r
engtheningt heimagi nation.Broudyv iewed
i
magi nationasanessent i
al componentofl earningt hat
shouldbecul ti
vatedi nschools, andheadv ocatedf orthe
i
ntegrationofaest heti
ceducat ionint oallsubjectmat ters
i
nhi swor  
k,Enl
ightenedCher i
shing.Ei snerfol
lowed
Broudy,citi
ngthatt heartswer ei mpor tanttovaryingty pes
of 
cognition.Hebel ievedthatar tsbroughtaboutadeeper
understandingoft hewor l
dduet ot heirint
eractiv
ity—the
art
smov elearningbey ondwhati swr itt
enorread.
CassandraB.Why te emphasi zedtheimpor t
anceof
art
ist
icexperiencesf orstudent stoencour agecr eati
ve
andindependentt houghtpr ocessest hatwoul dbe
i
mpor tantthr
oughoutani ndividual
'sli
fetime.Thear t
s
hel
pedst udent swi thproblem solvinganddeci sionmaking
andthosepr ocessi ngexper iencescoul dbeadapt edin
generalli
fesituati
ons.  Why t
eadv ocatedi ncl
udi ngaspects
ofarteducationwi t
h locusofcont rol
 identif
ication
counseli
ngexper i
encest ohelphighereducat i
onst udent
s
developconfidencei ntheiruniqueprobl em solv i
ng
abi
lit
iesinthecl assroom andi nli
fe.
Formerl
y, 
NoChildLeftBehind 
legi
slationdescr i
besarts
educati
onas"essenti
al t
oev er
ychil
d'seducat ion,
"and
.
i
ncludeitasoneoftheCor eSubjectsNoChi l
dLef tBehi
nd
l
egisl
ati
onalsoemphasi zesaccountabi l
i
tythrough
assessment(of
tentakingtheform oft hest
andar dized
test
.)

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Adi
tKumar-1,AkashKumar-2,
SankoMar
di-
19,
Arpi
taSoren-26,
KisunHansda-
7
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Thesuccessf ulcompleti
onoft heprojectwasauni que
exper i
encef orusbecausebygoi ngt hroughv ar
ious
arti
clesandwebsi t
erelatedtothecer emonies,customs
andt raditi
onofGoaandKar nataka,wehav eachieveda
betterknowl edgeofthet wostates.Themai nobjecti
veof
thi
spr ojectistounderstandandl earnmor eaboutt he
cult
ur esandt radi
ti
onoft hetwost ates,t
heirmar ri
age
ceremoni es,festi
val
scelebrated,thev ar
iousdancef orms,
touristplacesetc.

Thisprojectreportatt
emptstobri
ngunderonecov er,t
he
hardwor kanddedi cati
onpiti
nbyusint hecompleti
onof
theprojectwor kon“Ranga’
sMar r
iage”.Theproj
ectwor k
hasalsogi venusanoppor t
unityt
outil
i
zeandexhi bi
tall
myknowl edgeandcompet enci
es.

Thepr
ojectwor
kisont
het
opi
c“Ranga’
sMar
ri
age”
.

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We woul
dli
ket
o expr
essourspeci
alt
hanksof
gr
ati
tudet
omyt
eacherMr
s.Suni
taMadhusudanas
wel
lasourPr
inci
palShr
iS.
K.Sar
angiwhogav
eus
t
hegol
denoppor
tuni
tyt
odot
hiswonder
fulpr
oject
on t
he t
opi
c“RANGA’
S MARRI
AGE”
,whi
ch al
so
hel
pedusi
ndoi
ngal
otofr
esear
chandwecamet
o
know aboutso manynew t
hings.We ar
ereal
l
y
t
hankf
ult
othem.
Secondl
ywewoul
dli
ket
othankourpar
ent
sand
f
ri
endswhohel
pedusal
oti
nfi
nishi
ngt
hepr
oject
wi
thi
nthel
i
mit
edt
ime.
Wear
emaki
ngt
hispr
ojectnotonl
yformar
ksbutt
o
al
soi
ncr
easeourknowl
edge.

THANKSAGAI
NTOALLWHOHELPEDME.

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 Headi
ngs Pageno.

I
ntr
oduct
ion 7-
8

 Kar
natakaaft
er 9-
10
I
ndependence

 Cul
tur
esandt
radi
ti
onsof 11
Kar
nataka

 Tradi
ti
onalf
olkdancesof 12-
13
Karnat
aka

 Festi
valscel
ebr
atedi
n 14-
15
Karnataka

 Tradi
ti
onalj
ewel
l
eri
esof 16
Karnat
aka

 Tradi
ti
onalweddi
ng 17-
21
ceremoni
esofKarnat
aka

 Cul
tur
esandTr
adi
ti
onsof 22-
23
Goa

 Tr
adit
ional
fol
kdancesof 24
Goa

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 Fest
ival
scel
ebr
atedi
nGoa 25-
26

 Tr
adi
ti
onal
jewel
l
eri
esofGoa 27

 Cer
emoniesi
nGoanHi
ndu 28-
30
weddi
ng

 Concl
usi
on 31

 Bi
bli
ogr
aphy 32

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Asment i
onedearli
eralsoourpr
ojecti
sallaboutt
he
cul
ture,
fest
ival
s,danceforms,marri
ageceremoni
esand
customsandt r
adit
ionsofGoaandKar nat
aka.
Cultureisawor dfogs.Differentgroupsmayhav e
di
fferentcultures.Acultureispassedont othenext
gener at
ionbyl earni
ng,wher easgeneticsarepassedonby
heredity.Cult
urei sseeninpeopl e’
swr it
ing,r
eli
gion,
musi c,clot
hes, cooki
ngandi nwhattheydo.
Acustom (alsocal l
edat r
adi
ti
on)i
sacommonwayof
doingthi
ngs.I ti
ssomet hi
ngthatmanypeopledo,and
havedonef oral ongti
me.Manycust omsaret hi
ngsthat
peopledothatar ehandeddownf r
om thepast.Vari
ous
examplesofi tare:
-
Cer
emoniesar
eacl
assofcust
omar
y,col
l
ect
ive
act
ion.
I
nsomecount
ri
esbowi
ngt
ool
derpeopl
eispol
i
teand
r
espect
ful
.
I
nsomecount
ri
esi
tisOKt
obur
pwhi
l
eeat
ingf
ood.
Insomecount
ri
esyout
akey
ourshoesof
fbef
ore
enter
ingt
hehouse.

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 I
nsomepl
acest
heysi
tont
hef
loorandeat
.
Goa, t
hesmal lestbutmostv er
it
ableandchar
mingstateof
I
ndia.It’
sthelandofsun, sandandbeaches;of
tencall
ed
theIbi
zaofI ndia,becausethi
siswherethepart
ieshappen!
ButGoaof fersmuchmor ethanfact.
Goaisal
soknownas
the‘
PearloftheOr i
ent’
.

Karnataka,oneoft hetopf i
veindustri
ali
sedstatesofIndia
.Kar nat
akai semer gi
ngasanundi sputedinvestment
destinat
ionforinvestors.Avai
lableopportuni
tiesand
subsequentbenef it
salongwi ththeinvestor-
fr
iendl
ypolicy
oftheGov ernmentmaket hest at
eani deall
ocationfor
businessandr esidence.Karnatakaisalsocalledas‘One
StateManyWor lds’
.

(
Bangal
orepal
ace)

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 Jay
achamar
ajaWodey
ar,
thel
astr
uli Mahar
ng  ajaofMy
sor
e.

AfterI ndiani ndependence, t

he Wodey ar Maharaja
accededt oIndia.I n1950,  Mysore becameanI ndianst ate,
andt hef ormerMahar ajabecamei ts Rajpramukh,or
gov ernor ,until1975.The  Eki
karana mov ement  
whi ch
startedi nt helaterhal foft he20thcent ury,cul
mi nat edin
the Stat esReor gani sationAct  
of1956whi chpr ovi
dedf or
partsof  
Coor g, Madr as, Hyderabad, and Bombayst ates t
o
beincor poratedi ntot he stat
eofMy sor e.My sorest ate
wasr enamed  Kar nataka in1973.Thest ateofMy sor ewas
formedon1Nov ember1956andsi ncet hen1Nov ember
ofev er yy eariscel ebratedas  Kannada
Rajyot sav a /
 Karnat akaRaj yotsava.
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The 1957el ecti
ons sawt he I
ndianNat ionalCongress 
win
150seat soutof208, and S.Nijal
ingappa wasr et
ainedas
ChiefMinister.Mysorest atewasr enamed Karnataka 
in
1973.
TheCongr esswouldr etainpoweri nKar nat
akaunt i
l1983,
whent he JanataPar t
y  f
ormedt hef i
rstnon-Congress
governmenti nKarnat akawi ththesuppor tofothersmaller
parti
es.Subsequentel ecti
onshav eseenpowerswi tch
betweent heCongr ess, Bharati
yaJanat aPar t
y,andother
parti
es.

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Wheni tcomest oKar natakacul tureandt radi tion, notenoughcan
besai di npr aiseofi t.Gener al
ly,whenwet alkaboutt ouri
sm i n
sout hIndia, Kar natakai sov erlookedi nf av oroft hebeachesof
Goa, t
het empl esofTami lNadu, ort hebackwat ersofKer ala.But
notmanyt rav elersr eal i
zet hatKar natakaof fer sal lthesei n
abundanceandal otofot herat tract i
onsaswel l
!Ther ui
nsat
Hampi areamongt hemostsi gni ficanthi stor ical landmar ksi nnot
j
ustKar natakabutt hecount ryitsel f
.Kar nat akai samongt he
historicall
yr i
chr egionsi nIndia.TheKar nat akacul tureand
traditi
onr emai ni ncompl etewi thoutament ionoft hest ate’
sr i
ch
heritage.Ther uinsoft heer stwhi leVi jayanagarEmpi r
eatHampi
areamust -seef orhi storyent husi ast sar oundt hewor ld!Hampi i
s
aUNESCOWor l
dHer itageSi teandhasr uinst hatbearwi tnesst o
ther eignofv ariousdy nastieswhi chper sev er edf orov er300
year s.Visitandexpl orer uinsofpower fullybui ltst r
uct ur
est hat
oncest oodt all.Youwi llfi
ndr uinsoft empl es, pal aces, f
orts,and
sev eralotherhi stori
cal str
uct uresatHampi .

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 GAARUDIGOMBE
GaarudiGombei saf olkdanceinwhi
ch
dancersdressi nsuitsmadeofbamboo
sti
cks.Thekar aga,inadanceper f
ormed
bytheThigalas, i
samet alpotonwhi
ch
standsatall
,floralpyramidandwhichis
balancedont hecar r
ier'
shead.

GORAVARAKUNI
TA
Gor
avarakunitaisadancewor shippingShiva
whi
chispopul ari
nt heMy sor
eandNor th
Kar
natakaregions.GoravaKuni t
hai spract
icedin
bot
hthenor t
hernandt hesouthernpar tsofthe
st
atewi
thsl
ightvar
iat
ions.Gor
avaKunit
haofKar natakaistypi
call
yper formedby
gr
oupsof10to11men.Theyusuallybel
ongt ot
hesi ngingtri
beoftheGor avas,
whoar e
st
rongwor
shiper
sofLor dShi
va.

YAKSHGANA
Yakshganai saf olktheatrefor
m ofKarnat
akaand
i
ti sanancientart.Itrelat
eswithmanyofthe
tradi
ti
onsandconv ent i
onsoftheSanskri
ttheat
re
ordrama, part
icularl
yt hoseofthePurv
arangaand
theexist
enceofachar acter
,vi
dushak.

KAMSALE
Kamsale(BeesuKamsale)i
sa
vi
gorousdanceform oft
heKannad
speaki
nginhabi
tant
softhestat
ethat

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employsagreatbl
endofaestheti
csubli
mit
yandmar t
ial
dext
erit
y .
Kar
nataka'
sKamsal ei
smainlypract
icedi
nthedi
str
ict
sofMy sore,
Nanj
agud,Koll
egalandBangalor
e.

Pat
akuni
tha
PataKuni t
hainKar natakaisa
popularfolk-
dancef orm extremel
y
popularamongt heinhabit
ant sof
theMy soreregion.Likeother
Kunit
hasordance- drameswi t
ha
ri
tual
isti
cov er
tone, t
heor i
ginal
signi
fi
canceofPat aKunithai s
pr
imar
il
yrel
i
gious.
 

Ummat
taat
t
Ummat t-aatisper for medbyt he
Kodavawomenwear i
ngt he
tr
aditi
onal Kodav adr esswi th
j
ewelleryandt heconv enti
onal
kumkumaont hei
rf oreheads.The
danceisper for medi naci rcul
ar
motionwi thaswi ngingr hythm.The
dancer
shol
dbr
asscymbal
sinthei
rhands.Awomanhol dingapotf ul
lof
wateri
smadet
ostandi
nthecentr
et orepresentt heMot herofKav eri.

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 Hampif
est
ival
orVi
j
ayaut
sav
a

Thef est
ivaliscelebratedto
commemor atethebirthdayofan
ancientpoetPur andaradasa.This
fest
ivalofKar natakalastsfor3
days.Vij
ay aUt savafall
sinthe
mont hofOct oberorNov ember
andi
scel
ebr
atedi
nHampi
asagrandcommemor ati
on.

Kar
agaf
est
ival

Karagaisaf olkdanceper f
ormed
asat ri
butetoDr aupadi. Therit
ual
i
sanol df esti
val conductedin
Bangalore.Thel egendsay sthatin
thelastporti
onofMahabhar at
a,
Draupadi t
ookt hef orm ofShakti
goddessandcr
eatedsol
dier
scalledthev eerakumar astodeal
wit
hademoncal l
edTri
pusara.

Kambal
afest
ival

Splashi
ngthemudandr aci
ng
acrossthefi
elds,theroari
ng
buffal
osracedbyamanar ean
i
nteresti
ngwat ch.Onthef i
rstday
paradeofbuffalosisconducted.

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 Ugadi
Thefesti
val sy mbol
izesNewYear
forKannadigas.Thet erm Ugadi
meansnew( uge)beginni
ng(adi
)
orthebeginni ngofthenewage.

Pongal
Sankrantii
sPongal cel
ebrat
edin
Karnatakainthemont hofJanuary
.
Ont hi
sday ,peopl
eofferPoojat
o
cat
tleandf eedthem.Ont hi
sday,
aspecialdishcall
edPongal i
s
pr
epar
edandof
fer
edt
oGod.
Gowr
ifest
ival
Thefestiv
ali
scelebrat
edtoaday
beforetheGaneshChaturthi
to
paytri
butetotheGoddessGowr i
forherpowertobequeath
str
engthandv al
ouronthepeople.
I
tiswidel
ycel
ebrat
edalloverIndi
a.I
tisbeli
evedthat
GoddessGowrir
etur
nstoherhomeont hatdayli
kea
marri
edwoman,andthenextdayLor dGaneshacomest o
t
akeherbackhome.

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 1.NI
SCHAYTAMULAM:
-

Thisceremonyisequival
enttotheoffi
cial
engagementceremonyt hatmany
cul
turescelebr
ate.Theparentsoft
he
bri
deandgr oom exchangebetell
eaves
andbetelnutstoshowertheirbl
essi
ngs
onthemat ch.

2.
NAANDI
Naandi isonesuchshastrat
hatcommences
theweddi ngrit
ualsi
nful
lswing.Thisshastr
ais
heldinthebr i
deandgroom'shouses
respectivel
ywhereacopperpotfil
ledwithholy
wat er-symbolisi
ngAmrit
,wit
hcoconuti s
placedint hehouse.
 

3.
CHHAPRAPUJA

Tiedoutsi
det hehousethathostst
hemarri
ageisa
struct
uremadeofcoconutl eavest
iedt
ogetherwi
th
bananastalksoneitherendknownasChhapra.Thi
s
struct
urei
sputupaf t
ertheChhapr
apuja.
 

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4.
BALESHASTRA

BlaeinKannadameansbangl es.this
i
sapr e-
weddingr i
tualwhenthebr ide
goesf orapujatoseekal mighty'
s
bl
essi ngatthemandi randthent here
i
sabangl eceremonyhel dwher ethe
bridegivesbanglestotheclosest
mar ri
edwomeni nherfamil
y .
 
5.
KAASHIYAATRI
Thisisoneofthemostf unritual
sof
Kannadaweddi ngs.Thisi sapre-
weddingri
tualofKannadaweddi ngs
wherethegroom pr etendstowalk
awayangril
ybecausenoonewas
fi
ndinghim asuitablebride.
 
6.
DEVKARYA
Onthedayoft heweddi ng,bef
ore
thegroom leavesf orthebri
de'
s
resi
dencetogetmar r
ied,
hev i
sit
sall
thenearbytempl esoranyspeci f
ic
templethattheirfamilyworshi
pst o
seektheblessingsofal lt
hedeiti
es.

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 MANDAPPUJA
1.

Befor
etheweddingri
tual
sstartatthe
mandap-thealt
arorplat
form where
theweddi
ngtakespl
ace,thepriest
doespuj
aofthemandapaswel lasthe
pujaoft
hevenuetopurif
yitandgetit
r
eadyf
ort
heweddi
ng.
2.
GREETI
NGGROOM’
SPARTY
Whent hegroom alongwithhispart
y
andhisfamilymember sreachthe
weddingvenue( whichusedto
conv
ent i
onall
ybet hebri
de'shouse)
andwasr eceiv
edatt hegatebythe
f
ami
l
yoft
hebr
ide.
3.
JAI
MALA

Thebr i
de'sfaceremainscov eredbehinda
fanmadeupofpeacockf eathersandi s
generall
yaccompani edbyhersi sterwho
holdsthisfanforher.Aclothcur t
ainis
thenplacedbet weenthebrideandt he
groom inthemandapwhi l
et heyareseated,
barri
ngthem f r
om looki
ngateachot her.
 

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4.
DHAREGERDU

Whati st
ypical
lyknownast heKany adaani
n
theHinduweddi ngceremoni esofNor t
hand
someot hercult
ures,Dhar eherduist he
Kannadaequi v
alent.Thebr ide'
srighthandis
placedonthegr oom'sr i
ghthandandabet el
l
eafandcoconutar epl acedont op.

5.
SAPTAPADI

Si
mi l
artoSaathPhere,theendoftheKannada
br
ide'
soutfi
t(generall
ythePall
uofhersaree)
i
stiedtotheendoft hescarft
hatt
hegr oom
wears.Thi
sknotsignifi
esthebondofforever
.

6.
THAALI

TheThaaliceremonymakesi toffi
cialthatt
he
coupleisnowmar r
ied. 
Wi t
hthehelpof5
mar r
iedwomenwhosur roundthebride,the
groom makest hebr i
deweart heThaali whi
ch
i
st heMangalsutraandt heybecomehusband
andwi f
e. 
7.
ARUNDHATINAKSHATRA

Arundhat
iNakshat
rai
saceremonythat
comesr i
ghtaf
tert
heSapt
apadiwher
ethe
couplest
epsoutandpoi
ntstowar
dsthesky
t
olookatast
ar.
 

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 1.OKHLI:Thisisoneoft hemostint
eresti
ng
post-
weddingritual
s.Okhlii
sagamewher e
thegroom'sri
ngi sdroppedinahugebowl of
milkorcol
ouredwat er.Thebri
deandgr oom
competewi t
heachot herinfi
ndingt
her i
ng
andtherearethreeroundsofit.

2.VI
DAAI : 
Iti
st i
mef orthebridetobidadieu
toherfamilyandstartanewchapt erofher
l
ifeasapar tofthegroom' sfamil
y.Iti
sasad
occasionandteardropssayi tal
l.
 Thefamily
ofthebridesendherof falongwithgift
sthat
arerequir
edtosetupanewhomel ikeacot,
cookingutensi
ls,umbrellaandsweet s.
 

3.GRIHAPRAVESH:  Thephrasequit
eli
ter
all
y
meanswel comehome.Ar i
cefi
ll
edvesseli
s
placedatthethresholdofthehouseandthe
bridei
ssupposedt ot oppl
eitwit
hherri
ght
feetsymbolisi
ngov er
flowofwealthand
prosperi
tyinthehouseaf t
ershecomes.

4. ON:Th
RECEPTI er
ecept
ioni
saf
ormal
cel
ebr ati
onthatthegr oom' sfamil
y
hostsaf t
ertheweddi ng.The
Recept i
onisanof f
icial cel
ebrat
ion
wheret hegroom andhi sfamily
i
ntroducet hebri
det ot heirci
rcl
eof
f
ri
endsandf
ami
l
ymember soracquaintances.  

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Thecul tureofGoai sanamal gamat ionofI ndianand
Portuguesecul ture.ThelongPor tugueser ulehas
i
nfluencedt hecult ur
ei nmoreway sthanoneandmanyof
thePor tugueset r
aditionsarer ef
lectedi ntheGoancul ture
eventoday .Danceandmusi ci sdeepl yembeddedi nt he
Goancul t
ure.Themostpopul ardancef ormsi nGoaar e
Fugdi andDhal o,whi charetraditi
onal dances, andDhal o,
whichar et r
adit
ional dances,perfor medonl ybywomen.
Somedancesar especi fi
ctoanoccasi onorf estivalthey
areper f
ormedi n.TheDhangari sper formeddur ingthe
Hinduf esti
valofNav arat
rasanddur ingt heShi gmo
festi
val womenper form alampdance.Goacomesal i
v ein
thefestive.

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Sincet heplacehasbeenr uledbydi
ff
erentempirest imet oti
me,
thecust omsandt r
adit
ionshavebeenmoldedaccor dingt othei
r
belief
sandt houghtpatt
erns.Thi
shasledtot heflexibili
tyofthe
tradit
ionsandcust omsofGoa.Thoughl awspr evai l
ingi nthe
statear est
ringent
,peoplegoeasyontr
adit
ionalpractices.
Thet radit
ionofGoai squiterichandpossessesauni quel egacy
ofdifferentcultur
es.InGoa,t radit
ionandcust omshav eaf f
ected
almostev eryaspectoft heGoanl if
estyl
e.Onecanseet hetypi
cal
Portugalcust om ofconst ructi
ngahouse.Chur chesar ebui l
tin
thet radit
ionalPor t
ugalst yl
e.Peopl ear ef r
eet o practi
cet he
rel
igionoft hei
rchoiceandt heyr especttheexist
enceofot her
rel
igionst oo.Atthesamet i
me,t heymov eaheadwi tht hewor l
d
andar einsy ncwiththelatesttrendsandbel i
efs.
Thet radi
ti
onsandcust omsofGoahav eall
owedsecul
arism t
o
fl
ourishandhav emadepeopl emoretol
erantt
owardsother
rel
igi
ouspr acti
ces.Iti
snotuncommont oseepeoplef
rom
anotherreli
giongoingtoachurchoratempleoramosque.They
fol
lowt hetradi
tionofthei
rchoi
ceandatthesametimerespect
othercustoms.Thi siswhatmakestheGoansstandoutina
stri
ki
ngcont rasttotherestofI
ndi
a.

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1. Thi
BHONVADDO: sdancei
sar
it
ual
i
sti
c
dancewhichisusual
l
yheldduri
ngthe
feastoft
hedeit
y"Lai
rai
"inShi
rgao.The
folkar
ti
stsbegi
nbyencir
cli
ngthetemple.

2. Thebeaut
DHALO: yoft
hedancei
sint
he
si
mpl i
cit
yofthest
eps.Themockki l
l
ingofan
ani
mal asanoffer
ingtotheGodsisoneofthe
hi
ghli
ghtsoftheDhalodancedbytheHindu
women.Menar eabsenteventhoughthescene
por
trayedisahunti
ngscene

3.
Chappay

"Chappay"or"
Harbal
lo"i
sadanceperf
ormed
onlybytheDhangarcommunit
yduri
ng
Dussera.
 

4.
GHODEMODNI
Ghodemodni isawar r
iordancewhere
l
egendsofbr aver
yarer eenact
ed.Li
ke
anyotherdances,iti
sper f
ormedduri
ng
theHi
nduf esti
valofShigmo.

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 CARNI
VALFESTI
VAL

Perhapst hemostf amousofall

festivals,theCarnivali
sthe
epitomeofcel ebrati
onsinGoa.Iti
s
celebr atedforthreedaysandthree
night sandpr ecededbyt hemonth
ofLent(Febr
uary
),t
hisf
est
ivalbr ingsali
veever ynookand
cornerofGoa.
THREEKI
NGSFEAST

Oneofthemostpopul arfest
ival
s
ofGoaistheThreeKi ngsFeast .
Organi
zedandenj oyedby
Chri
sti
ansandnon- Chr i
sti
ansalike,
thi
sfesti
vali
scelebratedi nt
he
vi
ll
ageofVer
em i
nNor
thGoaandCansaulim,Chandori nSouth
Goa. 
GRAPEESCAPADE

Knownf orthecrazycelebrat
ions,
Goahost sGrapeEscapade-The
BiggestWineFestivali
nt hecount
ry
everyyearinPanji
m.TheAnnual
GrapeEscapadewi tnesseswine
connoisseursfr
om allaroundthe
worl
drushi
ngi
ntosavourt
hedel
ectablefl
avoursofwi neand
gr
apes.

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 GOAFOODANDCULTUREFESTI
VAL

Wi t
ht he5- dayfestivalbecominga
platf
or mf orexperiencedaswel las
youngandt al
entedchef stoshow
offtheircul i
naryskill
st oacrowd
thatincludesanaudi encefrom al
l
overtheworld.Musi
ciansf
rom thewhol ecount ryper f
ormf ort
his
i
nternati
onalaudi
ence. 
CASHEW ANDCOCONUTFESTI
VAL:
-
GoanCashewFennyi ssecondonl y
tothepart
iesofGoainpopulari
ty
andapartyinGoacan'tbegreat
wit
houttheFennycocktai
ls.Cashew
addstoadecentproporti
onofthe
economyofGoaandbei ngacoast al
r
egi
on,
coconuti
sal
soassi
gni
fi
canttothecul
inar
yasCashewi s.
SAOJOAOFESTI
VAL

SaoJoaoI soneoft hemost

prominentfest
ivalsoftheCat holi
c
communi ty
.Heldatt hebeginning
ofthemonsoonseason, thisfeast
honoursSaintJohnt heBapt i
st,t
he
fi
rebrandprophetwhobapt i
sed
JesusinRiver 
Jordan.Likeallother
fest
ivalsi
nGoa, thi
sf est
ivali
salso
af
un-
fi
ll
edandcol
our
fulexper
ience. 

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 (
Baj
ubandh) (
Got
h) (
Tode)

(
Pichodi
) (
Piddukachi
kakna) (
Coi
nbangl
es)

(
Goanmangal
sut
ra) (
Gal
sir
i) (
Pake)

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VagdanorSakharPuda
Aheadoftheweddi ng,famili
esusual l
yhave
a v
agdan orsakharpuda.Thi sisanengagement
ceremonywher eringsmaybeexchangedbyt he
couplet
oconf ir
mt hemar r
iagear r
angementbetween
bothfamil
ies.Traditi
onall
y,somesugari sgi
ventoo,
butmorecont empor arycelebrati
onsmi ghti
ncl
udean
arr
ayofsweet sandasar iforthebride.

Ganeshpuj
a

Ganeshpuj a 
isanimpor tantpar tofanyoccasi
on
i
nGoanHi ndufami l
i
es.Ast her emov erof
obstacles,theGodofbegi nningsandgr ant
erof
prot
ect i
onandsuccess, hei sbelovedacrossGoa
andinv okedbef or
eweddi ngcer emoni esaswell
.
Thef i
rstweddi nginvi
tati
oni soff er
edtohimfor
bl
essingsbef orether estaresentout .

ChuddoorBangl
ecer
emony
At
  r
adi t
ionthathasbeenabsorbedbyt heGoan
Chri
stiancommuni tyaswell
.Deli
cat egreen
gl
assbangl esareplacedonthebride’shands,
i
nterspersedwithgoldbangl
es.Pay als,
earr
ings
andot herornamentsareal
sowor nbyt hebride.

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Roscer
emony
Theanoi nti
ngoft hebri
deandbr idegroom
withcoconutmi lk—an
i
nt er
esting 
ceremony  
cal
led 
ros —i sonethat
hasn'treall
ylostit
spopulari
ty..
..Thisis
a ceremony  
thebrideandgroom doi ntheir
ownhomest othesingi
ngofKonkani wedding
verses,thezoti.

Hal
diandMehendi

The haldiceremony combinesauspi ci
ousness,
skincareandfun,all
rol
ledint
oone.
Attendedonlybyf amilyandclosefriends,
it’
sati
mewhent hebrideandgroom can
rel
ax,spendqual i
tyti
mewi ththeirlovedonesandletthei
rhairdownbef or
ethe
wedding. ContemporaryGoanHi nduweddi ngsoft
encombi nethehaldicer
emonywi t
h
themehendi andsangeetcel ebrat
ions.

Var
mal
aandSapt
apadi
(sev
enst
eps)

Duri
ngt
he vi
vah-
home 
ormarr
iager
it
e,t
hecoupl
eperf
ormsthesaptapadi
orseven
st
epsduri
ngwhicht
heymakevowstoeachot
her
,symboli
sedbytheknottyi
ngt
heir

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garmentst
ogether.Themar r
iagei
sthussolemnisedandtheduogar
landeachotheras
unbrokenr
icegrai
nsr epr
esenti
ngthei
rlongfut
uretoget
herar
eshoweredovert
hem.

Mangal
sut
raDanandSi
ndurdan
Thegr oom t
iesamangalsutra
aroundhisbride’
sneck,a
symbol oft
heuni onoft
heir
soulsandapr omisetostay
togetherf
orever.

AppouneorPor
thopon

Inthi
stradi
ti
on,thebr
ide’
sfamil
yinv
itesthegroom’
sfami
lyov
ertothei
r
houseusuallyt
henextdayofthewedding.Thebri
dewear
sabrightr
ed
sareeordresscall
ed‘
Saddo’.

Recept
ion

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Inthewholeproj
ectwehavediscussedthe
tradi
ti
ons,cul
tur
e,dancef
ormsandweddi ng
ceremoniesofGoaaswellasKarnataka.
Boththestat
esarefamousf oroneort
heot herthi
ng
,butthecustomsandtradit
ionsofbot
ht heplaces
i
slikeici
ngonthecake.Inf
actthewedding
tr
adit
ionsofbotht
heplacesar ehi
ghl
yremar kabl
e.
CustomsandTradi
ti
onsofapl
acearet
he
ref
lect
ionsoft
hepeopl
eli
vi
ngi
nthatpl
ace.
Indiaishighl
yknownf orthev ariet
yofcust omsand
tradit
ionsfoll
owedbyi t
sdifferentstates.Indian
cultureistheheri
tageofsocial normsandet hical
valueswhi chcanbeeasilyunder stoodbyseei ngt
he
culturesandtradi
tionsoftheset wostat es.

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ojectwehav
etakenhel
pfr
om t
hef
oll
owi
ng
websit
es:
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nat
aka.
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art
_cul
tur
e.ht
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rav
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of_
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urali
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