Savvy world travelers are always impressed by the quality and style in the five-star hotels in Goa.  There is a splendid sense of otherworldliness and luxury here, featuring a rich and heady combination of new-world state of the art technology, and old world graciousness and class.  Hospitality is a long tradition here, and visitors will understand why Goa has been such a popular global destination for generations.  It truly is a world-class city, where local culture and tradition is preserved, and international influences make their way into the daily life here, and its eclectic nature is rather intoxicating.

Goa has long been a haven for the counter-culture, and has a fascinating, and very complex, history.  There is an incredible mixture of ideas and perspectives here, and they make for some lively interactions.   There are also some interesting cultural productions, too.  One of the more fascinating spectacles from Goa’s history is the bullfight.  Banned officially since 1998, there has long been talk of rejuvenating the tradition, and it seems that every few years there is a push both for legalization and against the practice.

Goa Bullfighting some argue, has its roots from the Portuguese occupation during the colonial days.  In practice, it’s very different than in other parts of the world.  Here, bullfighting is more along the lines of cockfighting, where two bulls are put into a ring.  They are then coaxed and prodded to go after each other, and the most desirable fight is when the bulls run toward each other until they knock heads.  The bull who can stay in the ring wins, and the one who limps away is the loser.  As expected, this practice has a lot of animal rights activists on guard, and it also has a number of proponents claiming that it is a long tradition, and the ones who raise the animals keep them as beloved pets.  Whatever argument makes more sense, it is still an interesting phenomenon, one that stems from a vivacious culture.

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