Portal:Goa/Intro

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Goa is India's smallest state, a prominent tourist destination in South Asia, and a place that has been right in the meeting points of cultures across centuries of history. Because of its significantly-sized diaspora, this former Portuguese colony also has an active presence in cyberspace. It is of interest among young ravers, and is now also connected with the 'Goa Trance' music. Its history is not just entwined with the Portuguese expansion in Asia, but with pre-Portuguese trading routes linking South and West Asia and beyond. It has also been a strategic centre in Asia linked to distant regions of the globe -- including the Portuguese colonies in Africa, Macau, Brazil and trading points across the globe. Because of the role played in history, it is also home to a wide range of historical records relating to these regions.