Let’s know history better - Tourists today see Goa Carnival as colorful, fun, and musical. But the original purpose was far grimmer: • Introduced by the Catholic Church as a pre-Lent festival • Used to mock and humiliate Hindus resisting conversion • Early parades sometimes coincided with attacks on Hindu villages • Chaos of Carnival masked violence, property seizure, and killings • Over time, the festival became sanitized and commercialized for tourism, hiding its violent origins The Carnival i