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Happy Birthday: St Britto's, which is 60 years old. Celebrations at St
Jerome's Church Mapusa 11 am on July 30, 2006. Football match Loyola's
vs. Britto's 11 am on July 31, 2006 at the school grounds.
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Dear Frederick and Cipriano,
Thanks for sharing this wonderful information and
perspective on my childhood friends and acquaintances
from Chimbel. I would love to meet Shaila on my next
visit to Goa, and learn more about what she has found
out from a historical and socio-cultural standpoint.
Adding to what Cipriano said, the older folk who
visited us had both Catholic and Hindu first names.
For example, a grand old lady who was my grandmother's
soulmate was named Generosa. Her Hindu name was Laximi
( Laxeem). Generosa was what she was called before the
reconversion, and Laxeem after. I will gather all my
thoughts together, and see if I can write a fuller
account on this issue some time later. Once again,
thanks very much.
Cheers,
Santosh
--- "Frederick \"FN\" Noronha"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> For those wanting to know more about this subject,
> check Shaila de
> Souza's interesting paper which refers to this
> communit(ies)y
> http://wapurl.co.uk/?QJDCFX8 (HTML) or
>
http://www.lusotopie.sciencespobordeaux.fr/desouzaS.rtf
> (PDF/RTF format)
> Shaila is at the Goa University, and has an
> interesting perspective to
> researching Goa. FN
>
> The Community Studied
>
> The Gauda community were earlier a tribal community
> as social,
> cultural and religious indicators will prove,
> although the Government
> of Goa does not consider the community as such7.
> Today they are
> demanding " tribal " status to claim discriminatory
> privileges from
> the State.
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