Monsoon and mangoes go hand in hand as mango makes our rainy session extremely good. One of Kerala’s most popular events is the Kerala Mango Festival which celebrates everything about the King of all tropical fruits, ‘Mango’.
This festival aims to showcase the specialties of mangoes from different states of India and abroad.
Many other mango festivals are also held across India during the same time.
The Kerala Mango Festival in Cochin features an array of recreational events and activities associated with mango, like mango eating competitions, quizzes, children’s shows, mango folk performances and plenty of mangoes to go around with varieties of the fruit on display.
One gets to savor over 1500 varieties of mangoes and some rare species of the sumptuous fruit. The Kerala Mango Festival is one opportunity to taste them all for free and relish the appetizing experience.
One can also buy mango plants. The festival encourages trading of the fruit and has buyers from all over the world.