This is my reading to, that it was restricted to Brahmins with the odd chardo
admitted. Although I do believe there were some sudhirs too, rare but yes. It
seems only in the later part of the 19th century, caste and class began to
align, before that more fluidity is observed.
PS: We are now firmly established, said priest was of the chardo caste.
Thank you,selma
On Wednesday 29 January 2025 at 18:56:33 GMT, Eric Pinto
<[email protected]> wrote:
Admission to Rachol was restricted to Charda and the Brahmin groups. They were
conversant withthe 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
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