Worli Fishing Village
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Over two thousand years ago, Mumbai was
an archipelago of seven islands, inhabited
by the kolis. These tribal fisherfolk still
live here in tightly knit communities that
the passing centuries have scarcely touched.
The best place to see them is in the 600-year-old
Worli Fishing Village that stands on a sliver
of land jutting into the sea. Plunge into
one of its winding gullies and you will
instantly be assailed by the smell of drying
fish, and colourful koli women, their dark
skins offset by chunky tribal jewellery.
At the end of the village is a small Portuguese
fort with remnants of an old armoury, soldiers'
barracks and thick ramparts. Before the
Raj, when Portugal ruled Mumbai, this was
a strategic vantage point to counter attacks
from the sea.
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