Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! ------------------------------
Dear Luis, I must say that I have not heard the term Luso-Indians. Please tell us what your source is for this term. I thought that the offspring of Portuguese-Indian marriages or liasons were "mesticos". There is a well-defined "racial" delineation of the Portuguese period that I was told about: 1. Descendentes: descendants of Portuguese settlers who married other Portuguese, and indeed, continued to do so until our own times 2. Mesticos - offspring of marriages between Portuguese and Indians (Goans as we know them in Goa) 3. Goans/Indianos - those without Portuguese blood at all. Is this true? Perhaps there are others on Goanet with knowledge about this who would care to comment. Filomena --- luis godinho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and > January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy > canteen). See you there! > ------------------------------ > > > > In 1500 the Portuguese Governor of India, Alfonso > d'Albuquerque encouraged > his countrymen to marry Indian women in order to > establish Portuguese > authority in India. The offspring of these mixed > marriages between the > Portuguese and Indians were known as Luso-Indians > and now they are called > Goans: a common community in Goa, Bombay (Mumbai) > and West Coast India. > > > In its early days, the East India Company's Board of > Directors did not allow > families or wives to travel along with its officials > and soldiers to India. > The English missed the companionship of their women > and many of them had > relationships with Luso-Indian and Indian women. > > > The offspring of these mixed marriages and > relationships are known as the > Anglo-Indians. In 1687, the EIC encouraged marriages > between European > soldiers and Indian women, and even paid the mother > of mixed offspring five > rupees on the day the child was christened. > > > Until 1911 Anglo-Indians were universally known as > Eurasians. For > occupational purposes and as a point of > differentiation from the Europeans > and the Indians, they were designated Statutory > Natives of India; while for > the defence of Empire purposes, they were called > European British Subjects. > > > > > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), > and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at > http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to > reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
