I am glad for Willie's thoughtful and rich supply of possible cultural symbols.
But does a territory / people have to be independent nation in order to have cultural symbols? May be they could lead to that, if the uniqueness of cultural symbols is politically exploited! That seems to have happened with many countries / peoples whose cultural uniqueness led to their independent nationhood? I wonder what comes after what. Manohar Sardesai's poem "Sobit amchem G�y" celebrates what I would consider Goa's environmental / cultural uniqueness. Goan konknni "mhon'nneo" could be a source of its cultural symbols. These are not Goan Catholic diaspora creations! Teotonio R. de Souza --------------- William da Silva wrote: What does Goa want to be its distinctive cultural heritage? As if it were an independent nation? There is lurking in some Diaspora nostalgia for Goa and its culture, a tendency to treat Goa as if it were 'an independent nation,' at least emotionally and notionally. This is generally nourished by Catholic Goans, many of whom have in Diaspora a fragmented use of Konkani language and literature. ########################################################################## # 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 # ##########################################################################
