Location:- Throughout Goa
Festive Month:- October-November
Religion:- Hindu Festival


Dewali (Diwali) is the day when the festive focus has shifted from the city stores and markets to homes and hearths. Everyone greeting everyone else with warmth and affection. Goa wears a festive look with colourful "Akashdive" (skylamps) and festoons.


A Celebration Of Good's Victory Over Evil
In Diwali's symbolic victory of righteousness and the lifting of spiritual darkness, giant effigies of the demon 'Narkasura' are burnt in the early hours of the morning. Before the burning ceremony of these effigies are paraded in the streets of Panjim, Mapusa, Margao and Vasco. Even in villages like Assagao, youngsters put up sizable Narkasuras.