Feast of Sant Ana at Talaulim 2019

The feast of Sant Ana(Touxeache fest) will be celebrated on July 28, at Santana Talaulim. St. Anne of David‘s house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to the Christian and Islamic traditions. St. Anne and St. Joachim were childless for 20 years and had to face the ridicule of the entire village. After praying for quite some time St. Joachim got a dream that he would be bestowed upon by a child. St. Anne gave birth to a child at the age of 40 and is regarded as the patroness of childless couples.

Offerings and wishes put forth

For the feast of St Ana  childless couples offer cucumbers to St Anne in anticipation of a child. People also come to wish for a spouse and a happy marriage life. 2 cucumbers are offered by people wishing for a child and happy marriage (one to be offered and the other to be taken back as a blessing). Metal/wooden spoon are offered by bachelors wishing to marry and  lentils/urad dal are offered by spinsters wishing to marry. If somebody wants a girl child then a bangle is offered to St. Anne. There is also a tradition of offering chuddo to St. Anne asking her help in protecting the marriage.

The beauty of it all is St.Anne never disappoints and you can see parents with their kids as well as newly wed couples coming to offer their gratitude to all the gifts they have received from the deity. Tons of people from different religions come every year to put forth their request and this year won’t be any different.

The Novenas will begin from July 19 and the masses will be held at 7:15 am and at 5:15 pm. On the feast day, masses will be at 6 am, 7:15 am and solemn High Mass at 10 am and evening at 4 pm.