Touxeachen Feast

By: Darshana

 Literally translating to Cucumber Feast. The Touxeachem unusual and typically Goan festival, celebrated on the feast of St. Anne, 29th July, at the Santana Church at Talaulim, this festival attracts childless couples who offer up cucumbers at the feet of St. Anne, with prayers that she will bless them with children. They then take the cucumbers home and eat them.
As with most Goan festivals, the area surrounding the church is lined up with vendors selling traditional sweets, grams, candles, and most importantly, thousands upon thousands of cucumbers. The festivities are often accompanied by a traditional band and of course High Mass which is said at the church.

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