live performances food stalls mastercalsses games and more the spirit of goa festival brought out the true spirit of goa and gave the crowd a nostalgic feeling of belonging and reconnecting with the culture and tradition of goathe festival that took place in panaji saw some local goan brews distillers infusers and authentic goan cuisine some of the other special features included live demos of the kunbi saree weaving and basket weaving display of organic local fruits and vegetables at the venue by self help groups the festival also featured cashew stomping master classes felicitation of toddy tappers and some innovative games using the coconut the goal of the threeday festival curated and hosted by goa tourism was to preserve the goan way of life and various goan art forms alia britton based in panaji who was at the event says i went with a small group of friends this was my first time at the event its always nice to have events like this one to do something different from our usual social evenings visiting restaurants and so on i liked that there were lots of food and drink stalls at affordable prices i liked seeing lots of local families attending and having funas the night unfolded live performances took centre stage day 1 saw goas legendery singer lorna enthralling the crowd with her hits the crowd was seen singing along and grooving to some of her hit konkani songs the next two days also saw several goan bands and dance performers