- @Amrapali #img-anno http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cxoJY6yZXSM/0.jpg {u'shapes': [{u'geometry': {u'y': 0.016666666666666666, u'x': 0.95, u'width': 0.029166666666666674, u'height': 0.04722222222222222}, u'type': u'rect'}], u'src': u'http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cxoJY6yZXSM/0.jpg', u'context': u'http://testapp.swtr.us/', u'comment': u"This thanks-giving ceremonial dance-cum-procession performed during the Shigmo festival is known as Romat in the northern Goa and Mell in the central Goa. It is an extremely crowded, noisy and colourful affair.\n\naltRomtam Mel is a marching procession cum ceremonial thanks giving, dance. It is crowded, and colorful, with banners and umbrellas of ceremonial build, festoons, sticks and battens with team of dancers from various sectors of the village population, with the biggest banner in the lead called gudhi.\n\nThe dance and march is accompanied with nerve-wracking beats of huge percussions. The whole procession marches towards the temple of the presiding deity of the village.\n\nTeams of dancers drawn from different sections of the village dance and march martially with huge banners, ceremonial umbrellas, festooned sticks and batons towards the temple of the presiding deity or to the house of the landlord.\n\nThe cacophony emanating from deafening beats of huge 'Dhols' and 'Tashas' and a prolonged, vigourous dancing procession displaying colourful dresses leave the spectators spell-bound."} created: Mon, 25 Aug 2014, 04:57 AM UTC