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 responseto 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.
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