--- 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.
