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What do you want if you just want to party for three days continuously? Travel to Goa in February and take the most of what this Indian state of Goa has to offer you during the three day long carnival.

Come February and Goa is bubbling with activity as preparations for the carnival are on in full swing. One of the most popular festivals of India, the Goa carnival, is a three-day fest that began during the era of King Momo.Goa carnival begins just before the Lent season (Lent is the period of fasting and penance in the Christian calendar and corresponding somewhat to the Mohammedan fast before Ramzan Id).

This Indian festival in Goa usually starts off on Sabado Gordo (Fat Saturday) and concludes on Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday)-the eve of Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of the season of Lent.

Carnival is a time for gallivanting. Singing, dancing and masked people mark the uproarious and flamboyant Goan celebration. Carnivals are celebrated by people of all the nations but Goa carnival is different because the people of Goa have inculcated different items in the carnival that makes us see what Goa is all about.

The preparations for this grand carnival begin in January itself. Goans rehearse for the plays to be enacted during the carnival. These short plays are composed by the Goans themselves and consists of music, songs and dance. The plays always have a hint of history in it. The cast consisting of men only performs the roles of women too.

The streets are crowded for three days and it is nothing but a huge party that transports the tourists in Goa to an entirely different world. A person who has tasted fun at Goa carnival cannot help but ask for more.