Ramponkars gets highlighted at Baga, Calangute

Saturday, January 8, 2022

Sports minister and Calangute MLA, Michael Lobo, said that in spite of Baga and Calangute fast becoming a hotspot destination for tourists, traditional fishermen who started tourism businesses have kept their fishing activities alive.

He was speaking at the launch of ‘Ramponkars Bhag’, a tableau depicting traditional fishermen, at Baga, Calangute.

To quote Lobo, “Baga is a traditional fishing village. Though it has changed over the years and fishermen have started various tourism businesses, they have continued with their fishing activities. Even today, people come to Baga from all over Bardez to buy fish in the evening. They have not forgotten their culture.”

Shawn Martins, Calangute sarpanch, who was also present, said that Goa tourism was born in Calangute.

“When tourism started here, most of the people had boats and small houses. In the homes of the traditional fishermen, the ‘ramponkars’, they used to give rooms as well as food to the first tourists. This was how tourism was born. It is because of fishing and the hospitality of the people of Baga that more and more tourists come here,” he said. The Ramponkars Bhag will display the ramponkars’ culture to visitors, Martins said.

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