This feast is celebrated at the unusually named Our Lady of The Snows Church at Raia near the town of Margao in Salcete taluka. The feast is known locally as Konsachem Fest after the sheaves (konsa) of rice harvest which are cut at the time of the celebration.
Raia is a small village on the outskirts of Margao. The local church here, also known as the Raia Church is the scene of this feast which draws hundreds of Hindu and Christian devotees from all round the state.
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