WARDS TO VADDOS
Bridging the generational and gender gap: Navelim’s Estella Pires trains people to climb coconut trees
With the older generation of Goan toddy tappers and coconut pluckers retiring, this agro-entrepreneur hopes to entice a new generation…
Raia’s vestment legacy: Eshita Dias carries forward six generations of sacred craftsmanship
RAIA: One evening, as this reporter was documenting his personal collection of Christian art, he came across a late 19th-century…
Chiwai-Tuem couple proves the financial viability and beauty of agriculture
PERNEM: In a remarkable shift, agriculture is gaining prominence as a financially viable and fulfilling profession, challenging the preference for…
Coconut frond weaving: Corjuem’s Darshana Gadekar has kept this dwindling tradition alive for 50 years
ALDONA: In most villages of Goa, the age-old tradition of coconut weaving is struggling to survive. Darshana Gadekar, a 60-year-old…
Meet Mahadev Naik, the torchbearer of Mandrem’s fading masonry tradition
Pernem has long been recognised as the hub of masons in Goa, often referred to as the cradle of masons.…
Against all odds, Aldona baker Tome Fernandes keeps pedaling uphill on his cycle of tradition
Tome has preserved the time-honoured techniques of baking, including the ancient furnace, traditional tools, his trusty cycle with its distinctive…
