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Catch of the Day

In one short verse, the great Goan poet Bakibab Borkar (1910-1984) captured the essence of what it means to be Goan1:

Please Sir, God of Death
Don’t make it my turn today,
not today
There’s fish curry for dinner.

[1] Great Goans by Mario Cabral e Sa and Lourdes Bravo Da Costa, N.N.A.P. Publications, 1991.

Fish is the Goan’s raison d’être, and to say that our seafood cuisine has no equal in the world is a statement of fact, not a boast. When two Goans meet, the conversation opener is always “What fish did you have today?”

Entire communities in the coastal fishing villages were once committed to the occupation. The advent of commercial fishing and its big trawlers in recent times has considerably weakened the older socio-economic practices. And with access to education and alternate career choices, the children of traditional fisherfolk have taken to casting their net on Facebook instead. There is still enough critical mass of fishing culture left in Goa to perhaps last another generation or two.

The photos in this sequence were taken in Siolim and Siridona, and convey a sense of the informal market setting in a Goan village.

Catch of the Day

Catch of the Day
5D, 24-105L

 
Buy and Sell

Fresh fish for the early bird
5D, 24-105L

 
Sorting

Sorting
5D, 24-105L

 
Goan fisherwoman

Traditional fisherwoman in Siolim
5D, 24-105L

 
Village market in Siridona

A classic Goan village scene - in Siridona
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 
Goan fisherwoman in Siridona

In Siridona
5D Mark II, Zeiss ZE 50 f/2 MP

 
The Goan fish market - by Mario Miranda

The Goan fish market - by Mario Miranda
From 'GOA with love'

 
 
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