He gets into the boat and uses his strong arms to expertly row to the desired spot to cast the net for catching fish. A man walks towards the river carrying his floating net. After the advent of GSB (Goa Saraswat Brahmins) migrants the legend of Sage Saraswat saving the Vedas by consuming fish from Vedic river Saraswati became popular and the Brahmins too justified consumption of fish Ī cool breeze blows and the water laps gently against the river bank. Fish was a staple diet in ancient Goa even before the caste system was developed so almost all ethnic Goan communities are found to utilize fish in their food but there are clear taboos about meat. Due to early semi-nomadic settlers who camped first in Mandovi and Zuari river basins about 50-60000 years ago and developed the practice of catching fish using different gears. Goa being rich in freshwater and marine ecosystems offers free, highly diverse (about 250 species of fish and shellfish) fisheries resources so the culture of catching fish developed much before animal husbandry or agriculture. Goa has an unenviable culture showcasing different ways communities look at, understand, worship, love/hate, catch, cook and serve fish. Fish became an integral part of Goan diet from prehistoric times (50000-60000 years before present). All humans use readily available edible resources and slowly develop a culture around it and the knowledge is passed from generation to generation. On the top of the fountain there was a plate which įish is considered as the staple diet of the Goan people. Fonte De Phoenix (Fountain of Phoenix) is a water reservoir which was constructed in the Portuguese era. The Portuguese called it as Novo Goa or New Goa as they had moved out of Old Goa.The city of Panaji was built around Fonte de Phoenix. When the Kadambas ruled Goa, what we now know as Panaji was called as Pancham Khali. The Fontainhas became more civilized when the Portuguese moved out from Old Goa to Panjim in the 1840’s due to sanitary problems that led to repeated outbreaks of plague in Old Goa.Since this was a plain area, it became the first choice of habitation for the Portuguese. Since this place was an open space it was called as ‘Mollo’, finally leading to be identified as ‘Mala’.The ‘Mossmikar’ later converted this land into coconut plantation hence called as Palmar Grande. In the late 1700s, this locality belonged to a Goan expat who was also known as ‘Mossmikar’, as he hailed from the Portuguese colony of Mozambique in East Africa. The Fontainhas is the oldest Latin Quarter located in Panaji. Experience the vibrancy of Portuguese architecture in this quarter of Panaji.
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