Chikhal Kalo - Mud Festival of Goa
Goa, India - June 2023
Every year on the twelfth day of the fourth month of Ashadh in the Hindu calendar, the Chikal Kalo festival is celebrated which is unique to the village of Marcel, in Ponda. Dedicated to Lord Krishna who loved to play with his friends in Vrindavan during his childhood. The whole scene takes place in front of the Devaki-Krishna temple.
Villagers, from toddlers to elders first apply oil on their bodies and wearing only their lower garments they enter the open ground in front of the temple to play in the muddy waters.
Participants in the whole Chikhal Kalo play games while devotional songs are played and chants sung by the villagers.
Villagers, from toddlers to elders first apply oil on their bodies and wearing only their lower garments they enter the open ground in front of the temple to play in the muddy waters.
Participants in the whole Chikhal Kalo play games while devotional songs are played and chants sung by the villagers.
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