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Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It all started when a plague virus descended upon the inhabitants of Old Goa in mid 18th century. Its people ran away as far as they could from the epicentre of the plague. Most of them migrated to Bardez via canoes plying in the rivers between Divar and Chorao islands. The well to do proceeded towards Panjim the new capital of Goa. But there were others from villages surrounding Old Goa like Korbomle who apparently did not fit in well with those who migrated to Bardez and Panjim and so they chose to flee down to South.They ran like ''Speedy Gonzalez '' till they reached Vel-he and did not wish to proceed any farther south. So like an American general, made their Custer's Last Stand and dug in Vel=he. Settled down in this village as moradores but succeeded in landowning business so much that they as moradores bhatkars gave a sort of complex to local gaunkar bhatkars. I wonder why bhatkars say from, Cansaulim, Majorda . Varca. Navelim and Chinchinim did not welcome \ them in their midst, could it be they suspected them to be potential carriers, well, answers may never be found. Being so close and now so far away in Vel-he for over two centuries from the centro of power in Old Goa /Panjim may have made their hearts grow fonder and it would be appear they are still very much in love with the Portuguese.
