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Note: This article is for information on the ethnic Goan people (many in diaspora), and not residents living within the state of Goa. Goans ( Romi Konkani : Goenkar , Portuguese : Goeses ) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa , India, who form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan ...
The most popular celebrations in the Indian state of Goa include the Goa Carnival, (Konkani: Intruz), Shigmo and São João (Feast of John the Baptist). [7] The most popular festivals in Goa include Ganesh Chaturthi (Konkani: Chavath), [8] Diwali, [9] Christmas (Konkani: Natalam), [10] Easter (Konkani: Paskanchem Fest), Samvatsar Padvo or Sanvsar Padvo and the feast of St. Francis Xavier, who ...
Goa is India's richest state with the highest GDP per capita—two and a half times that of the country—with one of its fastest growth rates: 8.23% (yearly average 1990–2000). [74] Tourism is Goa's primary industry: it gets 12% [75] of foreign tourist arrivals in India. Goa has two main tourist seasons: winter and summer.
Gaudas are aboriginal people residing in the coastal Indian state of Goa.They are believed to be the original inhabitants of Konkan.Most follow folk Hinduism, but many were converted to Catholicism by the Portuguese missionaries during the Christianisation of Goa while still keeping their folk tradition and culture alive.
The Portuguese introduced cashew nuts (now cultivated widely and popularly known as Goa cashews), pineapples, guavas, potatoes, and tomatoes from Latin America to Goa, and consequently the rest of India. Chillies are the most important aspect of Goan cuisine; they were introduced by the Portuguese and became very popular in wider Indian cuisine.
Traditional occupations of Goa refers to the work and jobs which the people of Goa undertook in the earlier times, which might now be coming under pressure for a variety of reasons.earlier farming was an important job carried by the majority of Goan people for their day to day livings. They had to spend most of their time working in their own ...
Here are some facts about Native peoples and Native American Heritage month (also known as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month) to know.
Luso-Indians, or Portuguese-Indian, is a subgroup of the larger Eurasian multiracial ethnic creole people of Luso-Asians.Luso-Indians are people who have mixed Indian and Portuguese ancestry or people of Portuguese descent born or living or originating in former Portuguese Indian colonies, the most important of which were Goa and Damaon of the Konkan region in the present-day Republic of India ...