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An FB invite to 2015’s Parade of Arambol says the event is not for “selling ideas, sarongs, sandwiches or Gods.”

The parade of Arambol.

(Photo Courtesy: Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)

The Annual Goa Carnival, a precipitate of carnival celebrations worldwide, is slated to be held with much music and frolic on 10 February. However, in a run up to the carnival, the “settlers” in Goa organised the parade of Arambol aka “Freak Parade.”

This is a “foreigners” only event where travellers and settlers from all across the world don the most colourful outfits and, grooving to percussion and songs from their native countries, sashay across the entire length of North Goa’s Arambol beach.

According to a Facebook invite to 2015’s Parade of Arambol, the event is not for “selling ideas, sarongs, sandwiches or Gods.”

(Photo Courtesy:  Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)All that glitters.

(Photo Courtesy:  Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)A celebration.

(Photo Courtesy:  Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)Still from the Parade of Arambol.

(Photo Courtesy:  Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)Foreigners from different parts of the world sashay across the Arambol beach.

This parade provides an unclouded view into Goa’s “hippy” scene and is in its essence an unfettered celebration of life devoid of metropolitan influence.

(Photo Courtesy:  Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)Celebrating life devoid of metropolitan influence. 

(Photo Courtesy:  Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)A reflection of Goa’s hippy scene. 

(Photo Courtesy:  Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)Gleeful foreigners.

(Photo Courtesy:  Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)The “Freak Parade.”

(Photo Courtesy:  Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)How’s the view from up there?

(Photo Courtesy:  Nishtha Gautam/The Quint)A touring family.

The “Freak Parade” stands true to it’s name.