Goa is a land of highly talented and artistic people with a rich cultural synthesis blending East and Westmost creatively. In addition to the classical different forms of music and dance have evolved. Music and dance form the very fiber of rural Goa. Each occasion and region has its distinctive forms. The urban areas have adapted to modern and popular music styles.
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Shigmo or Śigmō is celebrated across Goa to mark the return of men who went to war to fight against those who invaded Goa. The festival gets its name from the Prakrit word Suggimaho and the Sanskrit word Sugrishmaka. It is also known by other names such as Shishirotsava and Shigmotsav. The festival also heralds the arrival of the spring season.
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