CULTURE IS THE ART OF LIVING

The people of Goa are commonly reffered to as GOAN. The main language spoken by people of Goa is Konkani. During the rule of Portuguese, konkani was suppressed to a great extent and then in the field of education especially for the Hindus, Marathi, played a major role.There is a a very small minority of descendants of the Portuguese, most of who are mixed descent and speak Portuguese who are mainly educated and follow for communication the Devanagari and Latin script.

The Goans are mainly happy to go lucky people, who always extend a warm and a friendly relationship. They are very hospitable and enjoy each and every movement of life. They life their life they wish to and are not influenced by any materialistic factors. The people of goa follow their own religion and belief. During the Portuguese rule , the army and the religious zealtors destroyed the temples and converted most of the no- christians into christianity. However the goans basically being friendly and loving nature, in spite of varying religions stand apart but they still remain united as goans. There is no clashes among the people living in goa regarding their religious belief.