What's on in India's living traditions
Workshops, talks, heritage walks, performances and exhibitions run by the people and places who keep these arts alive. Each one is booked directly with its organiser.
November 2026
2 events across 6 dates · 13 on a date you choose
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View detailsGoan bread-making in a family bakery
Sat · 4 pm · Ribandar, Goa · ₹1,600
3 dates14 Nov21 Nov28 NovWith Shaeen Gomes. Shape and bake poie, katre pav and kakon with a Ribandar baking family — and eat them warm.
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View detailsHand-built pottery drop-in
Sat · 4 pm · Majorda, Goa · ₹1,200
3 dates14 Nov21 Nov28 NovA relaxed Saturday clay session — choose pinch, coil or slab and make a piece of your own.
Choose your own date
Book a slot that suits your trip
₹1,599Margao, Goa
Narkasur decoration & Diwali trail
Spend Diwali eve with Comba's effigy makers and help dress a towering Narkasur before it burns at dawn.
Dates on request · with Comba's Narkasur makers
Ask for pricePanjim, Goa
Embrechados — Indo-Portuguese shell mosaic
Learn the rare Goan art of embrechados and set your own panel of shell, stone and porcelain to take home.
Mon–Sat · 11 am or 4 pm · with CIPA
Ask for price90 minutesPanjim, Goa
Azulejos tile painting
Paint your own Portuguese-style azulejo tile in 90 minutes, in the city where Goa's tile tradition lives on.
Mon–Sat · 11 am or 4 pm · with CIPA
Ask for price2–3 hoursBicholim, Goa
Azulejos with artist Shankar Turi
Paint a tile alongside a working azulejo artist — a perfect session for groups, teams and families.
Group date on request · with Shankar Turi
Ask for price2 hoursPanjim, Goa
Indo-Portuguese cooking class
Cook the dishes that tell Goa's story — where Konkan spice met Portuguese technique — in a small hands-on class.
Mon–Sat · 11 am or 4 pm · with CIPA
₹1,599Majorda, Goa
Life of Pão — Goan bread with local bakers
Knead, shape and bake Goan poi with Majorda's bakers, in the village Goa credits with its bread.
Request a date · with Majorda's local bakers
₹1,599Moira, Goa
The making of poee — North Goa bakery visit
Step into a Moira bakery and roll your own poee, Goa's wholesome wheat-bran bread.
Request a date · closed Tuesdays · with Soul Travelling
Ask for price2 hoursPilerne, Goa
Diwali lantern-making for children
Kids craft their own akash kandil — the glowing star lantern Goan homes hang for Diwali.
November programme · 4–6 pm · with Museum of Goa · Children's Art Studio
Ask for price2 hoursPilerne, Goa
Puppet-making for children
A family craft afternoon at the Museum of Goa — kids build a puppet and bring it to life.
November programme · 4–6 pm · with Museum of Goa · Children's Art Studio
₹5,5005 sessionsMajorda, Goa
Terracotta hand-building — 5-week course
Five Saturday sessions in terracotta, and five finished, fired pieces to take home.
Five Saturdays · 4–6 pm · next start on request · with Carpe Diem
₹7,9005 sessionsMajorda, Goa
Stoneware & glazing — 5-week course
Hand-build in stoneware and learn to glaze — five Saturdays that take your pieces from clay to finished.
Five Saturdays · 4–6 pm · ask for the next start · with Carpe Diem
₹32,00024 sessionsMajorda, Goa
Intensive wheel throwing
Twenty-four sessions on the potter's wheel — the serious way to learn to throw.
24 sessions · Fri & Sat · 4–6 pm · next intake on request · with Carpe Diem
Ask for priceParra, Goa
Traditional Kalaripayattu classes
Train in Kalaripayattu, India's ancient martial art, with a Kalari gurukulam in North Goa.
Regular classes · ask for the beginner timetable · with Kalari Gurukulam
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