FUGDI

Fugdi is a dance whose participants are only women. Before dancing, they light a lamp before the “tulsi vrindavan” and invoke the deities to come to the “maand”. The invocation is followed by the singing of verses which speaks of how the deities agree to descend to the place, bringing along with them, blessings of vermillion, flowers,  bangles and a sari for the women. The gods also assure them that they will have a happy union with their husbands. 

Fugdi is a Goan folk dance performed by the women in the Konkan region during Hindu religious festivals like Ganesh charturti or towards the end of other dances like Dhalo.