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My first memory of the Chinese fishing nets of Kochi is from my parent’s photo album. The photograph is still so vivid in my memory. My mother is standing in a blue dress, wind in her hair, with ...
Chinese fishing nets, in use for the last 500 years and one of the tourist attractions in Kerala, are fast vanishing from the Kochi coastline as huge maintenance costs and poor catch is forcing ...
Renovation of 11 iconic Chinese fishing nets at Fort Kochi beach delayed due to red tape. A project worth ₹2.40 cr hit roadblock. Tourists once joined fishermen in pulling the nets, but now nets ...
Think Kochi and the first image that comes to mind is that of the Chinese fishing net set against an evening sky. Tourism brochures and tour guides sell Kochi and Kerala with promised sights of ...
The Chinese fishing nets have not only been vital for the livelihood of local fishermen but have also become a symbol of Kochi's cultural identity. They have become iconic structures that attract ...
KOCHI: The huge cantilevered Chinese fishing nets, believed to have been introduced on the Kochi shores between 1350 and 1450 AD, have become a hallmark of Fort Kochi on the tourist map. However ...
KOCHI: Chinese fishing nets are the main attraction of Fort Kochi. Interestingly, even as the Chinese nets have disappeared from the country of its origin, Kerala is one of the three places wh.
KOCHI: The silhouette of fishing nets against the reddish-orange hued sky could possibly be Kochi's perpetual wallpaper. Comprising an aggregation of coastal hamlets popularly known more or less ...
London has the Big Ben. New York has the Statue of Liberty. Paris has Eiffel Tower. And, Kochi has its Chinese Fishing Nets. The iconic net, which serves as the symbol of the coastal city of Kochi ...