Dear Desmond,
When I read your article "those who made Goa the laid back place it was have
vanished or are a dying breed", my mind was
taken back to my trip to Hawaii many years ago.
In Hawaii they have an island almost sorely inhabited by their native people,
it is referred to as the "Forbidden Island" or the
Island of Niihau. It is a private island dedicated to preserving Hawaiian
Culture. I cruised around it, but you can take a
helicopter ride over it and stop off on one of their beaches. When I visited
Hawaii, you were not allowed to meet the local
inhabitants of Niihau. As this was the first time I came across something like
this on my travels, I must say I found it rather
strange.
Now I wonder whether this could happen to our community one day? A private
island dedicated to preserving Goan culture.
Or, as I said before, a Goan Reservation like the Red Indians of the USA.
Rose Fernandes
Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom
31 January 2012
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