After hearing these words red light area, the society closes its ears. Because people avoid using this word and this thing openly. But when asked what you know about red light area. So perhaps you would say that this is where women trade their bodies with customers. But have you ever wondered why these areas are called red-light areas? Today we will tell you the story behind this.
Why the name Red Light?
There are many stories about red light area. There is a story that when railway workers used to go to the warehouses in Kansas, America, they used to carry red colored lanterns along with them. The lantern kept outside there indicated the presence of railway workers inside, due to this they could be easily found if needed. used to go. Apart from this, there is a story that in the cities of America or Europe, where there are sex shops, strip clubs and adult theaters along with the gathering of prostitutes, those areas are called red-light districts or pleasure districts. Let us tell you that there are red-light districts in many big cities of the world. It is believed that the names red-light district and red-light area have come into use due to the red light used to identify chaklas or kothas.
Apart from this, there is mention of red-light district in the minutes of a women’s meeting in America in 1882. The Oxford English Dictionary states that the term red-light district was first used in 1894 in a newspaper in Ohio, USA. In the 19th century, America’s Kansas City was a major hub of prostitution, the houses here had red-light house saloons. It is also said that in 1650, when sailors reached Amsterdam by sea, some women used to roam there with red lanterns in their hands. The red lantern was a sign that the woman was available to a sailor. Later, due to its proximity to the port, Amsterdam became known as the red-light district. In 19th and 20th century America, legal red-light districts were also called sporting districts. Whereas in Japan, the police used to draw red lines on the map to give a separate identity to the legally recognized red-light districts. In Japan, blue lines on maps meant illegal red-light areas.
red light area in india
Even today, in common parlance in India, those areas where prostitution takes place in organized brothels are called red-light areas. Kamathipura in Mumbai, India is considered to be the oldest red-light area in Asia. Apart from this, Sonagachi of Kolkata is counted among the largest red-light area in Asia. There is also a big red-light area on GB Road in the capital Delhi. Apart from this, Budhwar Peth of Pune, Mirganj of Prayagraj, Shivdaspur of Varanasi, Chaturbhuj place of Muzaffarpur in Bihar, Itwari of Nagpur and Reshampura red-light of Gwalior are known as big red light areas.
big countries of the world
Prostitution takes place on a large scale in almost every country in the world. The first name among these is of Amsterdam, the capital of Netherlands. The red-light area of Amsterdam is called De-Wallen. It is believed that De Wallen’s existence dates back to the 13th or 14th century. Let us tell you that in this very beautiful area, glass cabins are built on the banks of the canal. The number of these cabins is said to be around 300, red lights are lit in these glass-cabins in the evening, not only this, prostitution has been given legal protection here. The government also collects taxes from the cells of De-Wallen.
It is a red-light area in Zurich, Switzerland. Here in the red-light area, people go only by car and talk directly to a prostitute, there is no presence of brokers here. Prostitution in Zurich gained legal protection in 1942. It is believed that currently about two thousand women practice prostitution here. Kabukicho in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, has the country’s largest red-light area. Prostitution also takes place in Hamburg, Germany. Apart from this, there is also a red-light area in Wen-Chai, Hong Kong. Although prostitution is illegal in the African country Kenya, prostitution takes place on a large scale in the capital Nairobi. Seoul of South Korea is also included in this list. Tijuana, Mexico has the largest red-light area in North America. There is a red light area in Pigalle, the capital of France, Paris, where a large number of sex shops and clubs are also built. Let us tell you that Pigalle is so famous among the common French that a song has been dedicated to this area.
