I was wandering, if there is any academic writings or any available written sources, primary or secondary that highlights on the System of Castes in Goa, particularly on the identification of Castes based on the villages/ surnames during the Portuguese era and thereafter.
Warm regards, Kelwin. On Sun, Feb 2, 2025, 7:40 PM Jules Fausto Mendonca de Sa < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Selma, > > It appears to be that whilst there is no doubt in relation to legitimacy > (sangue puro) they have also identified that they were unable to identify > caste. I also do not believe that the family in question that you are > referring to would have any issues as they belonged to a noble and well > established Chardo family from Velsao. Members of the family in the olden > days were said to have been carried by servants on their machila from > Velsao to Margao. > > Just to let you know that I have noticed that official birth registries in > Goa did not define castes but classified a large chunk under Aryan race. I > do believe that the Curumbins were the only ones classified as Dravidians. > > I now leave it to the more learned scholars on this group. > > Kind regards > > Fausto > > > Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook> > > ------------------------------ > *From:* 'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net <[email protected] > > > *Sent:* 02 February 2025 09:31 > *To:* Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [GRN] Again with a caste query in Portuguese > > Dear members, > > Those who know Portuguese I really need your imput on this. Here is a > sentence which doesn't make sense straight away to me or to the one or two > people I've enquired with. > > It starts with puro sangue...about 3 lines down. I'm attaching the > sentence here for you. I don't want to make a mistake in interpreting it > and I would really, really appreciate your help, so that I can arrive at a > consensus. > > Many thanks, > 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/418637166.4042649.1738488697275%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/418637166.4042649.1738488697275%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/PR3P189MB10679AB641E9FE6E8C10DA81C9EA2%40PR3P189MB1067.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/PR3P189MB10679AB641E9FE6E8C10DA81C9EA2%40PR3P189MB1067.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.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/CAJfCrmZBQw%2BWi1mpv3Ctj%2B6hrpejycPAsquoz2G6qr78Z6dLMg%40mail.gmail.com.
