Keri: In some pockets of Goa, women celebrate ‘Katyo’, an eco-feministic festival, wherein they depict the stars, the sun and the moon, in rangoli patterns which they draw using rice flour. The women ...

Keri: Tulshi vivah, a ritualistic marriage between Lord Vishnu and Tulsi is marked by Katyo (a festival of stars) in Udhalashe village of Sacorda. Katyo is celebrated at a common place in Udhalashe, a ...

On a cool night in November, in three forested villages of Goa, a group of women come together to sing and dance around a tulsi vrindavan (holy basil planter), in a formation that looks like a star ...

The festival is associated with a constellation that is clearly visible during Diwali ...