{"id":100500,"date":"2025-02-17T19:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=100500"},"modified":"2025-02-17T19:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:30:19","slug":"department-of-tourism-announces-cleeven-mathew-fernandes-as-the-king-momo-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=100500","title":{"rendered":"Department of Tourism announces Cleeven Mathew Fernandes as the King Momo for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Goa Khabar : Goa Carnaval 2025 is all set to light up the streets with vibrant festivities, music, and merriment. The Department of Tourism, Government of Goa, is delighted to announce the selection of Shri Cleeven Mathew Fernandes as this year\u2019s King Momo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Hailing from Benaulim, Shri Cleeven Mathew Fernandes was selected from a total of four applicants after a screening process. The judging panel, comprising a representatives of Panaji, Mapusa, Margao, and Vasco Carnival Committees; Director of Tourism, Kedar Naik; Managing Director, GTDC, Kuldeep Arolkar selected the King Momo based on the personality, communication skills and presentation. General Manager, GTDC, Gavin Dias; Dy General Manager, GTDC, Deepak Narvekar; Assistant Director of Tourism, Jayesh Kankonkar and others were also present on the occasion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-100488\" src=\"https:\/\/goakhabar-com.preview.jikut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16.02.2025-1-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16.02.2025-1-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16.02.2025-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Scheduled from 28th February to 4th March 2025, the grand festivities of Goa Carnaval 2025 will feature vibrant float parades, lively music, captivating performances, and a celebration of Goa\u2019s unique cultural heritage, drawing thousands of tourists and participants. The Department of Tourism remains committed to promoting this iconic festival as a showcase of Goa\u2019s diverse cultural traditions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">With King Momo\u2019s call for celebration, the state is ready to revel in the joyous spirit of Carnaval 2025\u2014a spectacle of colour, rhythm, and festive cheer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar : Goa Carnaval 2025 is all set to light up the streets with vibrant festivities, music, and merriment. The Department of Tourism, Government of Goa, is delighted to announce the selection of Shri Cleeven Mathew Fernandes as this year\u2019s King Momo. Hailing from Benaulim, Shri Cleeven Mathew Fernandes was selected from a total [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":100501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-100500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100502,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100500\/revisions\/100502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/100501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=100500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=100500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}