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HIPPIE WHO DISCOVERED ANJUNA BEACH DIES IN GOA
Daily News & Analysis
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_hippie-who-discovered-anjuna-beach-dies-in-goa_1458291
Oct 26 2010
India
Yertward Mazamanian alias Eddie, a hippie who discovered Anjuna beach
in Goa for the rest of the world, died in the coastal state last week,
his friends revealed.
The 85-year-old Eddie, known as Eight Finger Eddie, was an American
expat of Armenian ancestry, who discovered Anjuna beach for rest of
the world in 1965 and stayed here till he breathed last on October 18.
Tony Almeida, whose father Joe was the first person to meet Edie at
Anjuna, said that he had actually come to Colva beach in South Goa.
"He moved northwards after hearing from the locals about this stretch
of shore," Almeida said.
He is also called as the father of the hippie tribe in Goa.
In the 1960s, few beatniks and hippies travelled from Western Europe
towards South Asia. Eddie was the first amongst them.
"Eddie and his companion came to Anjuna after walking through dense
forest in 1965. It was a place at the foothill overlooking Arabian
Sea," Tony said today.
Eddie was also the mind behind Anjuna's flea market in 1975 which
initially began as a place to barter goods.
The flea market still exists at Anjuna although it has been turned
into a cluster of shops.
Eddie continued hogging the limelight even after his death.
The page devoted to this first hippie on Facebook has been receiving
comments from all across the globe.
His fans also had live streaming of his funeral on website Blogtv.com
on October 18.
From: A. Papazian
Daily News & Analysis
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_hippie-who-discovered-anjuna-beach-dies-in-goa_1458291
Oct 26 2010
India
Yertward Mazamanian alias Eddie, a hippie who discovered Anjuna beach
in Goa for the rest of the world, died in the coastal state last week,
his friends revealed.
The 85-year-old Eddie, known as Eight Finger Eddie, was an American
expat of Armenian ancestry, who discovered Anjuna beach for rest of
the world in 1965 and stayed here till he breathed last on October 18.
Tony Almeida, whose father Joe was the first person to meet Edie at
Anjuna, said that he had actually come to Colva beach in South Goa.
"He moved northwards after hearing from the locals about this stretch
of shore," Almeida said.
He is also called as the father of the hippie tribe in Goa.
In the 1960s, few beatniks and hippies travelled from Western Europe
towards South Asia. Eddie was the first amongst them.
"Eddie and his companion came to Anjuna after walking through dense
forest in 1965. It was a place at the foothill overlooking Arabian
Sea," Tony said today.
Eddie was also the mind behind Anjuna's flea market in 1975 which
initially began as a place to barter goods.
The flea market still exists at Anjuna although it has been turned
into a cluster of shops.
Eddie continued hogging the limelight even after his death.
The page devoted to this first hippie on Facebook has been receiving
comments from all across the globe.
His fans also had live streaming of his funeral on website Blogtv.com
on October 18.
From: A. Papazian