Celebrations of ''Monsoon'' in various regions of India

GOA

Festivals - The feast of St Anthony, Sao Joao and Saint Peter are celebrated in June-July by taking a plunge into overflowing traditional wells, and a canoe floats parade in the village of Siolim. The Siolim Boat Parade grabs the attention of visitors in every monsoon.

 The young revelers celebrate the Sao Joao festival by jumping into wells thereby making the celebration more vibrant and enjoyable. Folk dance like Mandos is performed by the villagers where they are seen wearing crowns made of fruits and leaves and carrying the local liquor ‘feni’. Another is the St. Peter feast celebrated on 29th of June with great pomp and splendour, erecting floating stages midstream Goa's numerous rivers and performing cultural programmes on board.

Special mention is the Bonderam flag festival which is held on August in Divar Island.

Food - When the monsoon season hits town the diets of the locals changes as the variety and number of fresh fish available dramatically declines, the Goan people tend to steer more towards pork, and chicken dishes and of course that Indian specialty vegetable curry!