Cochin Carnival Festival is held every year in the last week of December at Fort Kochi to celebrate the coming of the New Year. The major attraction of the carnival is the procession that comes out on the New Year day. A decorated elephant along with drums, music, folk dancers lead the procession. This festival dates back to the Portuguese period in India.
Cochin Carnival Festival is a festival of happiness that is held in the last week of December month every year. Cochin Carnival Festival is held at Fort Kochi.
History of Cochin Carnival
The history of this carnival dates back to the Portuguese period. During the colonial rule in India, the Portuguese used to celebrate their New Year through a carnival.
Cochin Carnival Festival in the present days
In the present days, Cochin Carnival Festival has turned out to be an occasion where people enjoy and a party like environment gets created. The total atmosphere of Fort Kochi gets changed.
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The main attraction of this Indian festival is that a procession comes out on the New Year day. The last week of December is enjoyed by the people through competitions, games and various other modes of enjoyment.
In the procession that is taken out on 1st January every year, a decorated elephant accompanied by music and drums leads the procession. The tourists to Kochi can see colorful folk dances, outstanding floats in the procession of the carnival. North Indian dance forms are also performed in the carnival.
The carnival starts on 22nd December and the festivity ends with a flag -off in ennobled silence. This act is done to pay reverence to the courageous martyrs who die fighting for their country. The Cochin Carnival Festival is hugely popular among all. Many tourists come to take part in the festivity. The activities of the carnival revolve around five slogans of Peace, Participation, Adventure, Progress and Environment. Various exciting sports tournament like beach volleyball, beach football, ball badminton and shuttle badminton are also organized during the course of the carnival.
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