Admission to Rachol was restricted to Charda and the Brahmin groups. They were conversant with the Portuguese language and belonged to the civil services. The new era dates to the early 70's when the language of instruction also changed to English and Konkanni.
On Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM 'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear members, > > I need your opinion on this. Researching one family of nineteenth century > Velsao, Goa, I discovered through archival documents in Lisbon, that one > brother from Velsao travelled to Zanzibar and was likely a table waiter and > cook, and most likely illiterate, but later hugely successful. Although > there was some reason to treat this information taken from a 1890 source > with some scepticism, it did have details for the employer etc. and in the > main not really discreditable. > > I have now discovered through the assistance of the brilliant geneologist > Richard Souza, that another brother born in 1829 was ordained as a priest. > > Was not the priesthood in Goa driven by caste and largely restricted to > upper-castes? > > How do I square this information? > > Your help would be most appreciated. > Selma > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/333597835.3097542.1738107269550%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/333597835.3097542.1738107269550%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAJCL8L4Z7SrAkLB2-RwR3_n314YD1KXLjox1wm6NbTNn1jhO0Q%40mail.gmail.com.
