Ghode Modni

Practised in Goa

One of Goa's living performing-art traditions.

Where it comes from

Ghode Modni is a warrior dance from north Goa, associated with the Rane chieftains of Sattari, that recalls the region's martial past during the Shigmo season.

How it's practiced

Each dancer wears a decorated wooden horse frame around the waist and wields a sword, prancing and turning in formation as if riding into battle, driven by fast drumming.

From discovery to practice

The Journey

Understand

Where Ghode Modni comes from, why it started, and what it means today.

See it

Catch it live at Shigmo.

Experience it

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Practice

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Festivals where Ghode Modni lives

Seasonal

Goa · February/March

Shigmoशिगमो

Goa's spring festival of the month of Phalgun, when villages take to the streets with drums, banners and folk troupes — from the small, rural Dhakto Shigmo to the big town parades of Vhodlo Shigmo.

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