Do you know about the unique offering at this feast in Goa's Talaulim?

FOR COUPLES

Plenty of young couples attended the Touxeachem Fest (Feast of Cucumbers), which was celebrated at the St Anne Church in Talaulim on July 28.

PATRON SAINTS OF GRANDPARENTS

The feast is celebrated annually in honour St Joaquim and St Anne, the grandparents of Jesus Christ.

FOR A BUNDLE OF JOY

Locals and devotees offer a cucumber to St Anne as they pray for her intercession for the gift a child. They recite, 'Senhora, Tomai Pepino, Dai Me Menino’, which translates to ‘Lady, take this cucumber and give me a child’.

GESTURE OF GRATITUDE

Devotees, who are eventually blessed with the gift of a child, return on the feast day with the child as a sign of thanksgiving for their favour having been granted.

PRAY FOR A SPOUSE

Apart from that, many bachelors and single women pray at the church for a life partner.

MUSIC GALORE

The Goa Police brass band performed some beautiful music at the mass, which was a feast for the ears.

TRADITIONAL FAIR

The feast was celebrated by locals as well as people from diverse religious backgrounds. After the high mass, people stopped at the fair to buy khajem (festive sweets) and roasted gram.

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