The Cochin Carnival 2024 is set to make a grand return ... carnival’s conclusion will be the traditional burning of the Papanji, a towering 50-foot effigy symbolizing the farewell to the old ...

A notable highlight of Cochin Carnival, a spectacle that spans the last two weeks of December, was the burning of Pappanji, an effigy of an old man, symbolising the passing year. At the stroke of ...