panaji people from across the state will join students of the nirmala institute of education altinho on saturday to celebrate the abolianchem festaimed at reviving the ageold goan sociocultural ethos the festival is also dedicated to reviving the abolim flower the state flower that is now grown sparringly and is dying a slow death the festival will also celebrate music dance food sports arts crafts and theatre of the bygone years at the daylong celebration that is open to all participants be able to enjoy and array of traditional activities including dances such as dhalo fugdi zagor goszali interviews of eminent goans traditional games and a ghumat presentation by female students visitors will also be able to participate in the making of abolim garlands and molla interwoven coconut leaves there will also be a talk on medicinal plantsthe objective of the festival is to document information and generate knowledge that can then be sustainably shared with present and future generationsstudents at the nirmala institute of education a majority of whom are girls have been gearing up for the festival since january when they began planting saplings of the abolim plant around the campus breaking tradition they also bought their own ghumats and learnt how to play it in time for the festival they were also trained to compose their own music for the festival cultural activist marius fernandes encouraged the festival that promotes women and safeguards goan identity ensuring that the states fruits vegetables flowers and its culture is preserved and then passed on to future generation