Monti Fest
Poona, Maharashtra
Monti Fest is a major Catholic festival held on 8 September every year by the
Goan Catholic dialects the festival's name is corrupted to "Moti Fest".[3]
According to the
Bombay East Indian
community, is a similar grand affair celebrated annually that coincides with Monti Fest.
Naik observes the following: According to the Hindu calendar,
Tippu Sultan destroyed the churches, seminaries and convents of Canara, he spared the Monte Mariano Church at Farangipet in deference to the friendship of his father Hyder Ali with Miranda.[7]
Notes
- ^ Dsouza, Anil (7 September 2019). "Monthi Fest – Much More than Tradition". Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd, Mangalore. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Lobo, Dean (8 September 2017). "Monti Fest, novem jevan and vorn...join in the Mangalorean feast". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ Couthino, Jenny (9 October 2008). "Moti Fest, pork sausages and Church of Qatar". Merinews. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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Monterio, John (8 September 2015). "Monthi Fest rooted in Goa - Not in Farangipet?". Diocese of Mangalore, dated 3 September 2015, Fr Pratap Naik SJ, opines that the festival originated in Old Goaduring the sixteenth century AD.
- ^ "Church of Our Lady of the Mount: Church in Old Goa". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "The feast of Our Lady of the Mount at Old Goa". The Times of India. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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Patrao, Michael (7 September 2019). "Friendship anchors a harvest fest". The Deccan Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2019.