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presence of casta RC in Goa, or Portuguese>

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 3:59 AM John de Figueiredo <[email protected]>
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> Hi Sonia,
> Good question. The Portuguese did not abolish the caste system directly.
> They attempted to abolish it indirectly by encouraging conversions to
> Christianity and introducing the belief that the caste system was
> incompatible with Christianity and the vision (ideal) of a more
> equalitarian society. They succeeded only in part especially in areas other
> than endogamy. Interestingly the caste system among Goan Christians turned
> out to be more resilient among the Catholic clergy. It appears that
> eventually the Portuguese resigned to the survival of the caste system
> among Goan Christians. In many ways, this ideal of an equalitarian society
> brought opportunities to many Goan Hindus converted to Christianity that
> were previously unavailable. Caste among Goan Christians became more like
> social class. I discussed this in some detail in some of my publications.
> John
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> On Oct 14, 2024, at 3:42 PM, Sonia Gomes <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 
> Dr. Figueiredo,
>
> I am surprised or I may be wrong, when did the Portuguese abolish the
> caste system. I thought it was encouraged by the Portuguese.
> Very confused
> Sonia do Rosario Gomes
>
> On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 at 20:27, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Yes, they abolished sati to replace it with the Inquisition, racism,
>> torturing police PIDE/DGS,
>> prisons without trial and Goans imprisoned in Cape Verde and Portugal,
>> etc.
>> Salazar said: we are in the colonies to bring civilization. And what was
>> civilization for him?
>> Extremely poor Portugal, racism, torturing police PIDE/DGS, prisons
>> without trial and Goans imprisoned in Cape Verde.
>> Alberto
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> De: John de Figueiredo <[email protected]>
>> Assunto: Re: [GRN] Re: Dutch map ‘stolen from the Portuguese’
>> Para: [email protected]
>>
>> They did not “imitate the savages” in everything, Albert. They abolished
>> the “sati” (“suttee”).
>> JM de F
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