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'''Traditional occupations of Goa''' refers to the work and jobs which the people of [[Goa]] undertook in the earlier times, which might now be coming under pressure for a variety of reasons.earlier farming was an important job carried by the majority of Goan people for their day to day livings.They had to spend most of their time working in their own fields.At the end of the day or in the late evening they return home very tired and then the next day continues with the same.

==Fifty ancient traditions==
[[File:The cattle bring home the harvest via the bullock-cart, Saligao, Goa, India.jpg|thumb|left|Agriculture has long been one of the traditional occupations of Goa.]]Pantaleão Fernandes, photographer and author, has listed "50 ancient traditions of Goa that show how everyday work had a soul of artisanship in those good old days."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://businessgoa.in/2015/11/09/traditional-occupations-of-goa/|title=Traditional Occupations of Goa – Business Goa|website=businessgoa.in|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref>

==Occupations listed==
Some fields listed<ref>{{Citation|last=Pro X 7|title=Documentry-Traditional occupations of goa|date=2017-02-24|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub3LWaT9GZ0|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref> as traditional occupation are agriculture, sand extraction, coconut plantations, betel nut plantations, cashew plantations, brewing feni, cashew nut processing, among others.

Goatourism.Org, cited by Goanet<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg01919.html|title=[Goanet] Goa's traditional occupations: The Kumbar, The Chamar, The Mahar, etc. fading away!|language=en|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref> lists traditional occupations such as the ''khumbar'' (potter), the ''chamar'' (cobbler), the ''mahar'' (bamboo and cane crafts person), the barber, and practitioners of other professions like the ''shetty'' (goldsmith), ''zo'' (idol makers who sculpt statues of wood and ivory), ''chari'' (blacksmiths), ''chittari'' (lacquer work artisans), and ''kansar'' (brass lamp and copper vessel makers).

In her book on Goa's traditional salt industry,<ref>{{Citation|last=FN|title=Launch As Dear As Salt|date=2013-07-21|url=https://archive.org/details/LaunchAsDearAsSalt|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref> Reyna Sequeira describes how prominent Goa's traditional salt industry once was, but has now shrunk to make its presence felt in just a handful of villages.

Historian Teotonio R. de Souza, in his book ''Goa To Me'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Wy9qBd8u0M0C&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=archive.org:+traditional+occupations+in+goa#v=onepage&q=archive.org:%20traditional%20occupations%20in%20goa&f=false|title=Goa to Me|last=Souza|first=Teotonio R. De|date=1994|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788170225041|language=en}}</ref> describes Goa's traditional crafts which "were organized in their own castes which were endogamous and ensured both the continuity of a craft needed by the community as well as the accumulation of skill through generations of practice in the same family." He mentions the guns manufactured by the blacksmiths in Goa (and mentions Cuncolim, where the manufacture of guns was banned by a Portuguese viceroy), carpenters producing household furniture and agricultural implements, ''kharvis'' (traditional fishermen) who had a "variety of nets that were meant for catching different types of fish (''koblem, mag, kanttai, zau, ramponn, kann'ni, paguer'', etc)" He also refers to craft associations associated with "palm products, supplying brooms, spoons, ropes, coir mattresses, woven leaves, oil, toddy, vinegar, arrack, palm sugar". The caju industry that is "so popular today" does not seem to have begun till after the end of the nineteenth century, according to Souza.

==Current status==
Journalist Sheela Jaywant suggests that children in Goa have lost touch with "how your grandparents lived and worked", and many in the region of now might have not "bought a garment woven on a hand loom...[or] eaten ''ushichem god''" (jaggery made from sugarcane).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://goastreets.com/traditional-occupations-of-goa/|title=Traditional Occupations of Goa|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref>

==Effort to revival==
[[File:Traditional musicians heat up their drums (ghumots) in Goa before taking part in a musical programme.jpg|thumb|Traditional musicians heat up their drums (''ghumots'') in Goa before taking part in a musical programme.]]
The Bahrain-based Goan poetess Maria Conceição Pereira authored, around 2011, a book called ''Goenchi Girestkai'' (The Wealth of Goa), in "an effort to revive the Goan heritage that is fading out."<ref name="TheWealthOfGoa">{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/book-highlights-decline-of-goas-traditional-occupations/711157|title=Book Highlights Decline of Goa's Traditional Occupations|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref> She was quoted by the ''Gulf Daily News''<ref name="TheWealthOfGoa" /> as saying the book aimed to "instill some knowledge about Goan traditions and professions". Her book looks at the people who worked in a dozen traditional occupations of Goa—fishermen, carpenters, bakers, coconut pickers, toddy-tappers, barbers, grave-diggers, church helpers, ploughmen, tailors, postmen and potters.<ref name="TheWealthOfGoa" /> Pereira was born in [[Arossim]] and graduated from [[Carmel College (Goa)|Carmel College]] in Goa.

The [[Goa Chitra Museum]] represents and supports traditional Goan culture.

==External sources==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub3LWaT9GZ0 Traditional occupations of Pernem, video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3iRiIxSRbA Presentation: Traditional Occupations of Goa by Pantaleao Fernandes]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBDWanJy2xw Traditional Goa, Part I by JoeGoaUk]
* [http://goaroots.com/mhalo-traditional-occupation-in-goa/ ‘Mhalo’ or ‘The Local Barber’ | Traditional Occupation in Goa]
* [https://archive.org/details/IGNCA.Boatmen.Kharvis.from.Goa Boatmen of India: Kharvis from Goa]
* [https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/the-coconut-pluckers-of-goa The coconut pluckers of Goa]
* [https://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg01919.html Goa's traditional occupations: The Kumbar, The Chamar, The Mahar, etc. fading away!]
* [https://www.videovolunteers.org/traditional-farming-seeks-market-in-goa/ Traditional Farming Seeks Market in Goa]

==References==
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[[Category:Traditional occupations]]
[[Category:Culture of Goa]]

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