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18. ADVENTURE AHOY: Water-sports is catching up along some Goan
beaches. Photo shows staff operating speedboats at Bogmalo beach
in the southern part of the state.
19. READYING FOR THE CATCH: As the village ponds dry up around
March, youngsters search these places for a fish catch.
20. TRIBAL FESTIVE dancers, Panjim.
21. SENTINELS OF THE PAST: One of Goa's forts at Corjuvem (Khorjuvem) island, Aldona.
23. LIGHTING UP LIFE: Traditional lamp-vendor at the Mapusa
market. Prior to electricity becoming widely available in the
'sixties, most Goans depended on kerosene lamps.
24. MENDICANT AT THE MARKET: With a spear piercing through his cheek, and images of deities, this alms-seeker is an unusual site at the flea market that attracts hundreds of foreign tourists each Wednesday at Anjuna.
25. GARBAGE LEFT BEHIND: School-students clean up a beach at
Miramar, on World Tourism Day. Tourism has been criticised for
its adverse impact on the environment.
26, OLD ... AND NEW: Aguada lighthouse is one of the tourist
attractions in the state.
27.STREET DANCERS during a spring festival, the Shigmo, in Panjim.
28. NODDING-BULL by the beach-side. Some such attractions are
targetted basically at the foreign tourist.
29. MEDICINE-MAN WITH FAMILY: Though sought to be de-legitimised
by modern medicine, such traditional healers can sometimes be
popular -- and effective too -- with the common citizen.
30. WINDING, VILLAGE ROAD: Scene from Saligao, where expatriate-fuelled affluence has made for some charming localities.
31. EXPATRIATE-ORIENTED areas of Goa stand out markedly due to
their obvious affluence.
32. CATTLE RETURN HOME after a day's grazing by the hillside.
Photograph from a Bardez village.
33. TRADITIONAL SALT-VENDOR: In recent years, the authorities
banned the consumption of non-iodised salt, bringing this age-old
occupation under threat. Some scientists strongly questioned the
need of people in coastal Goa to compulsorily consume iodised
salt.
34. SUNSET SCENE by the beachside.
35. GREEN VILLAGE: Madkai in Ponda village is known for its
greenery. Photo shows a settlement in the village.
