Inspired by the UN International Year of youth the Cochin Carnival has been nurtured on the centuries old legacy of celebrating the New Year in Fort Cochin. The three original UN slogans of the youth year, Peace. Participation. Progress. and the two local slogans Environment and Adventure still find resonance in every throb of the festival.
India is a land of festivals. Unfortunately our festivals are sectarian in nature. Participative secular festivals have yet to emerge. Over the past nearly four decades, the carnival has become a platform for all sections of this unique multi ethnic heritage town to come together annually and participate in this secular festival as people.
Built on the centuries-old cultural tradition of celebrating the New year in this Historic town, the Cochin Carnival acquired a distinct identity during the UN International year of Youth – Thirty Nine years ago as a participative, secular festival. It is a platform for all sections of people of this Multi-Ethnic town to come together annually in the common New year celebration.
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Waking up from Covid-induced slumber, the 39th edition of the Cochin Carnival promises to be a gala involving all communities settled in the city. It’s time for Kochi’s darling year-ender festival — the Cochin Carnival — and artist Asif Mattancherry, 52, is busy prepping up to regale the audience with his outlandish ‘fashion show’. It […]
With immense zest and zeal, thousands flock to Fort Kochi on New Year’s Eve to welcome the New Year by burning the massive statue of an old man named, Pappanji. The burning of this 35-feet huge Pappanji symbolises the welcoming of hope and harmony.
To Gandhiji standing at the beach at Fort Cochin, Cochin was the “epitome of adventure”. Gandhiji had captured the essence of the spirit of Cochin, reflected in the eddies and currents of her five hundred year old maritime history.
River Road, Fort Cochin, Kerala – 682001
Mon – Sun: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
The Carnival has been patronized by the Kochi Municipal Corporation and supported by the Ernakulam Dist. Tourism Promotion Council and the State Tourism Department.
