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Village in Portuguese India, India
Colva
Praia de Colvá, Colluá, Coluvá, Kolluvá, Kolambe, Quoluva, Koleá
Colva (Portuguese: Colvá) is a coastal village situated in the Salcete taluka, in South Goa district, of Goa state on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent. Colva Beach (Portuguese: Praia de Colvá) spans about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) along a sandy coastline of approximately 25 km (16 mi) extending from Bogmalo in the north to Cabo de Rama in the south.
The village had significant importance to the Portuguese, local (Gancars) noble chardó (Kshatriya) Feudal Lords and was the retreat for Goa's high, elite and aristocratic society, who would come to Colvá for their mudança (change of air), to enjoy the private beach of the then Roiz family. Today the Portuguese area is dotted with the past elite houses and modern villas, including many ruins from more than 300 years. On weekends, huge crowds of tourists, visitors from around the world as well as local Indians, enjoy the sunset and various activities. The beach is particularly busy in October, when hordes of religious pilgrims come and visit Colvá Church, called Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês (Church of Our Lady of Mercy), that was founded in AD 1630 by the Roiz family and the crown of the statue of our Lady has their family initials. The church was later modified in the eighteenth century which is located at the village square. The 1630 church construction was funded by the Roiz family, the Jesuits and the Gancars of Colluá.[citation needed]
The local people (now called: native Colvakars) brought to Colvá by their then ruling Lords and masters (called Bhatkars). These working class local people (called Mundkars lived on the land of their respected Bhatkars) have mainly been fisherfolk in majority since the mid-16th century. Other working class (curumbins, jornaleiros) were carpenters, massons, coconut pluckers (render/padekar), field/rice cultivation labourers, bakers (poder), etc... These included gentile converts as well as migrants from various Portuguese territories in the Indian subcontinent, overseas territories such as Angola, Mozambique, Brazil, etc. as well as Portugal itself that mixed and created the diversity of today.[citation needed]
Colva (Portuguese: Colvá) is a coastal village situated in the Salcete taluka, in South Goa district, of Goa state on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent...
Konkani stage. Dias was born as Josefina Francisca Costa on 19 July 1948, in Colva, Goa, which was a part of Portuguese India during the era of the Portuguese...
Rodrigues, Dom Diogo Roiz (c. 1490-1496; Lagos, Portugal – 21 April 1577; Colvá, Goa) was a Portuguese explorer of the Indian Ocean who sailed as an ordinary...
India. Located in Salcete taluka of South Goa district, it neighbours Colva village to the north, Margao in the northeast and Varca village to the south...
Beach, Betul Beach, Calangute Beach, Candolim Beach, Cavelossim Beach, Colva Beach, Butterfly Beach, Majorda Beach and Miramar Beach.[citation needed]...
sea at the western side of the fort, which overlooks the entire length of Colva beach and the Canacona stretch. A view from 1886 View from Cabo de Rama...
a Eucharist celebration held at 3:30 pm at Our Lady of Merces Church in Colva. Prince Jacob, the president of the Tiatr Academy of Goa, acknowledged Pereira...
Apulia, a wheat growing region, a sweet dish for the Day of the Dead is Colva or "Grains of the Dead". Fave dei morti or "fava beans of the dead" are...
Geographical Society. For services to Climate Change Education. Professor Colva Mary Roney-Dougal. Professor of Mathematics, University of St Andrews. For...
popular tourist destinations such as Palolem (38 km) or to Benaulim and Colva . Margao hosted the test track for the Skybus Metro project, an elevated...
original sixty-six settlements of Salcette are as follows: Sernabatim Vanelim Colva Seraulim Gandaulim Duncolim Betalbatim Nuvem Calata Gonsua Majorda Utorda...
Christianization of Goa A 17th-century[dubious – discuss] painting in a church in Colva depicting the massacre of the five Jesuits in Cuncolim, Goa on July 15,...
Beach Salcete Arossim Beach, Utorda Beach, Majorda Beach, Betalbatim Beach, Colva Beach, Sernabatim Beach, Benaulim Beach, Varca Beach, Cavelossim Beach,...
A 17th-century painting[dubious – discuss] in a church in Colva depicting the massacre of the five Jesuits in Cuncolim, Goa on 25 July 1583. Acquaviva...
the Mayas. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-83718-8. Page 65–66. Colva M. Roney-Dougal, Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at the University of St Andrews...
revenge. Singham, unaware of Jaikant's hand behind his transfer, joins the Colva police station in Goa as the in-charge, when on the very first day, he is...
anniversary". oHeraldo. Retrieved 2 December 2023. "How the 'Boy' from Colva became a big man on stage in Goa". Herald Goa (O Heraldo). 23 August 2020...
numbers Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick Colva Roney-Dougal, Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at the University of St Andrews...
transferred to Presteigne. The rural district comprised fifteen civil parishes: Colva Ednol Evenjobb Gladestry Glascwm Harpton and Wolfpits Kinnerton, Salford...
After two seasons, Fredy joined first division Goan club St. Anthony's SC Colva, helping them get promoted to the Goa Professional League. While at Salgaocar...
from Salcete’s villages of Loutolim, Colva, etc. Nearly 80% of Talaulim's residents can trace their roots to Colva alone. During the initial years after...
writer and performer, Eric Idle. 46 4 "To Infinity and Beyond" John Lloyd, Colva Roney-Dougal, and Simon Singh 9 December 2013 (2013-12-09) This week on...
the Arabian sea and from the coast head to Colva to meet her sister Mahalakshmi which was then located in Colva, now in (Bandivade/Bandora). The Goddess...
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