Portal:Goa
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 Goa is India's smallest state, a prominent tourist destination in South Asia, and a place that has been right in the meeting points of cultures across centuries of history. Because of its significantly-sized diaspora, this former Portuguese colony also has an active presence in cyberspace. It is of interest among young ravers, and is now also connected with the 'Goa Trance' music. It's history is not just entwined with the Portuguese expansion in Asia, but with pre-Portuguese trading routes linking South and West Asia and beyond. It has also been a strategic centre in Asia linked to distant regions of the globe -- including the Portuguese colonies in Africa, Macau, Brazil and trading points across the globe. Because of the role played in history, it is also home to a wide range of historical records relating to these regions. 
General: • Goa main entry •Geography: North Goa • South Goa • Panaji • Old Goa • Margao • Mapusa • Dabolim airport • Dudhsagar Falls • Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary • Sonsogor, Goa's tallest peak • Bicholim • Benaulim • Salcete • Farmagudi • Madei Wildlife Sanctuary Media and entertainment: • Media in Goa • Goa Trance music • Mario Miranda Education: • Goa Institute of Management • MES College • Goa Vidyaprasarak Mandal • Little Flower of Jesus High School of Calangute Language, ethnic groups:: • Konkani language • Konkani Brahmins 
Politics, personalities: • Chief Minister of Goa • Pratapsing Rane • Shashikala Kakodkar • Raj Bhavan • Indian National Congress-Sheikh Hassan group • Dr P D Gaitonde Festivals: • Shigmo festival in Goa • International Film Festival of India • Vindaloo Sports: • Goa cricket team • Tilak Maidan Stadium • Salgaocar Sports Club Administration: • Goa, Daman and Diu Transport: • Motorcycle taxis in Goa Goa is India's smallest state with population of 1.4 million and an area of 3,700 sq. kilometres (1,430 sq. miles). It was the first place in Asia to have a printing press, which was brought by the Portuguese in the 1550s; Goa's Portuguese colonial rulers also believed in meticulous record-keeping. Goa has had a long love affair with the printed word, although growth has been slow, and punctuated by problems like linguistic breaks and censorship. Goans, with a long history of emigration and foreign-rule, seem to have also adapted, either out of necessity or choice, to writing in languages that had their origins in distant Europe, like Portuguese and English. 
Panjim is the name by which the capital of Goa is referred to mostly by speakers of the English language. Since the 'sixties, the official name of the town is Panaji, and in Portuguese times it used to be spelt as Pangim. In the Konkani tongue widely used as the spoken language of Goa, it is simply Pon'nje. Whatever the name, it is still one of the most scenic capitals in India, though high rises are entering the place.
...the word 'Vindaloo', used to describe a gravy-based dish closely linked with Goa, comes from the words Vinho-Alho (or, wine and garlic)? ...the Hindu goddess Lairayee is believed by locals to be the twin-sister of the Virgin Mary worshipped at Mapusa, in North Goa, and locally called Milagres Saibinn (Our Lady of Miracles)? ...between 1602-1639, the Dutch blockaded Goa, while the British later temporarily sent their troops to the region fearing it could be used as a entry point for Napoleanic France to attack India? Or that, while Portugal ruled Goa their country was itself ruled by Spain for a sixty-year period from the late sixteenth century? ... the Konkani linguistic community (encompassing all who speak any of the mani dialects of Konkani) is just 0.5% of the Indian population, sparsely scattered all over India and abroad just like scattered dots on a large canvass. -- Wilberious Evanglist D'Souza of Udupi district in Karnataka, writing in Sod Konkani Research Bulletin: 8 published by the Thomas Stephens Konkkni Kendr, Goa. · India · Portugal · Maharashtra · Christianity · Hinduism · Islam · Buddhism · Football
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