--- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 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.
> 
Mario asks:
Are they celebrating "the death", which makes no
sense, or are they celebrating the person's life?  And
isn't the belief in a life after death that is the
answer to the other question.


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