[Goanet]Your article/material on the 'celebration' of death(s) in Goa

[cornel]

Dear Cecil,
A little while ago I read your article/material on Goanet on  the 
'celebration', if that is the right word, of death(s) in Goa. I learned a 
lot from your material. However, the question I have always wondered about 
is-- why is 'after death', sometimes over a long period, made so significant 
among the Catholic Goans in Goa? I am genuinly intrigued by this element and 
what its historic origins, parallels and purposes might be.
Regards,
Cornel