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Monti Fest is a Catholic Christian festival held on the 8th of September every year, by the Latin Christian community of Konkani people, originating in the Konkan region of India & the Konkani Christian migrants in the Canara sub-region of…
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Monti Fest is a Catholic Christian festival held on the 8th of September every year, by the Latin Christian community of Konkani people, originating in the Konkan region of India & the Konkani Christian migrants in the Canara sub-region of Carnataca, India. This festival celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
For the Mangalorean Christians the feast day includes the blessing of novem (new crops), it is also marked by novem jevan (vegetarian meals) & because it is also a harvest festival for Mangalorean Christians. In certain Goan Catholic dialects the festival's name is corrupted to "Moti Fest".
According to the Konkani scholar, Pratap Naik, the festival derives its name from the Capela de Nossa Senhora do Monte (Portuguese for "Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount") in Old Goa. The chapel was constructed in 1519 on a hillock commanding a view of the Mandovi River on the orders of Afonso de Albuquerque in honour of Our Lady. The feast day on 8 September, called Monti Saibinnichem Fest (Konkani for "Feast of the Lady of the Mount"), was instituted in the sixteenth century and continues to this day. Flowers and garlands are an integral part of the celebration, leading to the Konkani epithet Fulanchem Fest (Feast of flowers).
Naik observes the following: Shaivite Konkani people of those days celebrated the festival associated with Gowri Habba and Ganesh Chaturthi. According to the Hindu calendar, Bhadrapad month commences after Shravan month.
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Monti Fest is konkani Catholic feast, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
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