The first Hippies who descended on Goa were somewhere in
1963, a male and a female, they landed in Candolim and during the daytime they
were spending the whole day on the Candolim Beach and at night time they were
sleeping in the Marathi Xalla near Candolim Tinto They were
an English speaking couple in their thirties.
Following year their number increased and in mid Sixties they started
moving to Calangute and from there in seventies in big number they moved to
Baga and from there to Anjuna-Vagator-Chapora. Thus they captured the whole
coastal belt in our area. When they took the possession of Calangute, they grabbed
the liberty of the nature and kindness
of the locals to move on the beach and around, topless and even nude on the
beach. Some of them were seen even
having sex openly on the beach around the bushes which created a very bad image
of the whole scenario.
Rally in progress
Being unable to bear this nuisance in their village, about a
hundred villagers from Calangute mainly the females came together under one prominent and
highly dignified lady from Tivai Vaddo, Calangute and took a “Morcha” on the
streets of Panjim somewhere in mid sixties, shouting slogans against Hippism,
Nudism and Sexism in Calangute. They also carried the big Banners and the Posters with the
statements like STOP HIPPISM IN
CALANGUTE, STOP NUDISM IN CALANGUTE, STOP OPEN SEX IN CALANGUTE, STOP VULGARITY
IN CALANGUTE. The response to
this Morcha was tremendous as it attracted the attention of various people in
Panjim. Though, I am not from Calangute,
it still captured my mind and heart and I as a young school boy also
participated in this Morcha shouting slogans because as a Goan I too felt the
shame of vulgarity of Hippism in my neighbouring village Calangute. Not only this, Goans from all over Goa were
also got alerted to the menace of Hippism and accordingly they started to act. When
Bandodcar as a Chief Minister of Goa then was alerted of this Morcha, he as a
man of strong moral character directed the Security apparatus to stop the
vulgarity of Hippism in Calangute. Thru this Morcha, Calangute villagers
created a record of being the first people in Goa to raise their voice against
vulgarity in Goa.
Sarpanch Clara seen speaking and seen right is Dpty. Sarpanch Subash.
Again on 20th of this month, the huge number of
Calangute villagers backed by the Calangute Panchayat and Youth of Calangute, organized
a Morcha in Calangute against the illicit Sex business going on in Calangute.
The Calangute Panchayat was headed by the Sarpanch Mrs. Clara Fernandes, Dpty.
Sarpanch Mr. Subash Salgaocar, Panch and
the well-known local public figure Mr. Joseph Sequeira and other Panchas
including the prominent local activists namely the Freedom Fighter and renowned
Tiatrist Mr. Cyriaco Dias, Mr. Kundan Kerkar, Mr. Umesh Shirodkar, Mr. Uday Shirodkar, Mr. Nitesh Chodonkar, Shanker Kerkar and
others.
Seen speaking is Cyriaco Dias
The Morcha was started from Calangute Panchayat and ended at
the Police Station where a delegation comprising the Sarpanch,
Mr. Joseph Sequeira, Kundan Kerkar, handed over a Memorandum citing their
demands to the chief of Calangute Police Station, PI Rajesh Kumar who gave a keen hearing to the
delegation assuring of his keenness
in fighting for their demands.
Joseph Sequeira is seen speaking
What are the demands of the Calangute people? Their demands as described by all the speakers, namely Cyriaco
Dias, Joseph Sequeira, Alba, Clara, Albert, Clotilde, Dona and Subash, during
the public meeting held next to the Police Station immediately after handing
the Memorandum to the Police Chief, are as follows:
1: Stop the illegal Prostitution going on illegally in
Calangute, conducted openly and boldly by the outsiders and migrants.
2. Stop the Spa and Sex Massage facilities provided by the
Hoteliers in the name of tourism promotion.
3. Stop the Package
facilities provided for the tourists while renting the Hotel rooms. Package facility means the renting of a room
with a girl for Sex.
4. Stop the migrant
Touts roaming in Calangute on the roads soliciting the customers for the Package facilities.
One more speaker seen addressing the Meet.
This Morcha, Memorandum and Public Meeting were the need of
the hour not only for Calangute but also for other neighbouring coastal areas
and elsewhere in Goa. It was a wakeup
call for the entire Goa to rise up against the illicit Sex business illegally promoted
by the migrants and other outsiders who do not care for the Goan discipline of high morality, Goan
tradition, Goan culture, Goan way of life and Goan decency.
Yet another speaker seen addressing the gatherin
Once again maintaining its tradition, Calangute raised its
voice against the degradation of Goan morality by the outsiders. What is affecting
for Calangute also affecting for Goa and as a genuine Goan it is affecting me
too. Hence, I openly support people of
Calangute fighting against the illicit Sex trade promoted by the outsiders. This
menace of outsiders if Calangute cannot liquidate then none in Goa can do. Now it is become imperative for every genuine Goan to liberate Goa from the migrant Pimps wrongly and illegally selling Goan image to the Sex maniacs descending on Goa in the name of tourists. Come on genuine Goans and wage a war against those migrants who are all out to destroy Goa.
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.
