It was an insightful experience & I was surprised to know that although uneducated, their culture & understanding is far superior to ours. She told us with great disappointment that it is just a matter of few years that all these houses would be converted to pakka house as government is giving them incentive to do so. She explained to us how the warli houses are designed specifically to support their way of life.

The moment we entered the village, she got busy showing us the fence made of dried leaves, traditional warli houses & their community hall. Born & brought up in south Bombay, she is staying in Dahanu for years, helping the warli tribe protect their culture, teaching the kids, protecting the environment & doing countless activities for benefit of all. Phiroza Tafti was our guide for tribal village tour & I should say I am extremely lucky to have met her & to enjoy her company for few hours. I and my friend had only a day in hand so we registered ourselves for Tribal village tour & tour to chikoo farm. There were stalls selling local cuisine, Parsi delicacies, a complete stall dedicated to varieties of cactus (I never thought cactuses can be so beautiful), females selling cane furniture & best of all articles with warli paintings.Īs you proceed, you also have an option to register for the events happening during the festival like tribal village tour, chikoo farm tour, there was Yo-yo bordi happening in evening (which basically involved campfire party in a chikoo farm), Kite making workshop & many more. Yes, chikoo was the star of the weekend but it was not all about chikoos. But it suddenly felt like home when we entered the venue with row of stalls selling chikoo chips, chikoo achar, chikoo halva, chikoo ice cream. It felt as if I have travelled a land far away from Mumbai. We passed through vast expanse of Chikoo farms as we took a Rick from Dahanu station to the event venue in Bordi. It was my first trip to Bordi & I was thoroughly excited.

After two years of planning & missing out on dates & announcement, I finally visited it this year with a friend & it was a complete delight. So if you were busy attending Kala Ghoda fest then here I am telling you about the festival you missed.Ĭhikoo festival is held in Bordi, which is around 16 kms away from Dahanu. Okay, the latter one was not exactly in Mumbai but it was quite close. Yes, I am talking about the famous ‘Kala Ghoda Festival’ held in town & the little known ‘Chikoo Festival’ being held in Bordi. If you stay in Mumbai then there are high chances that you know at least about one festival I am speaking about. With just one weekend in hand, I decided to dedicate a day to each. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 87.71%.February was fast approaching & two festivals were simultaneously being held in two extreme ends of Mumbai. Demographics Īccording to the 2011 census of India, Bordi has 1647 households. A festival named Chikoo Festival also takes place in Bordi. It is also famous for the Chickoo fruit and has many Chikoo farms. It is a tourist destination due to its beach and natural environment. Bordi is a coastal village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, India.

Chikoo festival 2016