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 ...

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 ...

From haunted bungalows to mythical princesses and cursed treasures, explore the oral stories that have shaped Kochi's culture ...

Currently, there are 12 Chinese fishing nets, constructed using bamboo and teak poles, on the Fort Kochi shoreline. The net owners have been struggling to maintain them as they are unable to find ...

KOCHI, India (AFP) - Tugging ropes and bellowing chants, five men hoist from the water a huge spidery frame gripping a web of fishing net - a centuries-old custom on the southern Indian coast.

Project to renovate Chinese fishing nets on Fort Kochi beach in limbo Only four of the 11 nets renovated. The ₹2.40-crore project of Kerala Tourism was launched almost a decade ago.

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.

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 ...

KOCHI: The four-pronged Chinese fishing nets overlooking a setting sun might be the face of Kochi, but the fact is that they are dwindling by the day. In the last 20 years, the number of Chine ...