I am rather surprised that Joegoauk being associated with the Church (is it the Cansaulim one?) for 20 years has done nothing about the confraria processions at Church festivities.
If the Kunnbis have taken the white, Sudras blue and Chardos and Gaumcars red, I would have taken a chance on the purple. I would have marched behind the three and worn a long gold decorated cape with the words Gonadian Knight written on it. Who knows, they might have thought a new Papal Order has been brought into existence and wondered which caste I was. After much debate (read fights), I might have been given the life size statue and coffin to carry, being the neutral confraria. Mind you, both being too heavy to carry, I would have, with great pomp and circumstance, transferred the statue to the Kunnbis (they have the muscle), the cross to the Sudras (they are always given the thankless tasks) and some important-looking scroll to the Gaumcars (being Gaumcars they are always looking for titles to land in the gaunv). As for the fights going on at such solemn occasions, what's new about it? Shastikars are always fighting, no matter what. At the village social it's "my wife didn't get the patties", at the village school it's "my son didn't get the front desk " and at the village market it's why did they get the bigger crabs?" If fights didn't happen at the village Church, it would have surprised everyone. Joegoauk writes: It's true such caste system do exist even now among the catholics. Some churches/administrators are the worst. Few years ago, certain churches had 3 different type/colour confrad/opmus ? White Top for Gauddi, Blue Top for Sudras and Red top for Chardies & Gaumcars. I remember my friend from Cansaulim telling me that in their church, on Good Friday, they use to take out procession of the life size image of Christ/Coffin carried out and this was done traditionally by the Gaumcars only. Many years ago, people from other cast demanded to know as to why only them and not us ? Fight broke out and since then there is no procession and the poor Jesus Christ Image stays there closed all these years. Partly opened for public veneration on very first Friday of the month I think. And what more ? Such caste system even exist amongst the catholic priests themselves. As me, I have been associated with the church for 20 years. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
