Hi Cornel, We Sashtikars have done extensive research on the traditional dress of the men-folk of Goa and have come to the unanimous conclusion that the KASHTI IS THE TRADITIONAL DRESS OF GOA. I am surprised you did not know about this. Infact in Salcete we even revere the Kashti as the National Flag of Goa !
Please refer to the following link on Colaco.Net for further details on the research on, reverance for and reflections on THE GREAT GOAN KASHTI ! http://www.colaco.net/1/GoanKashti.htm Please remember that the Kashti is not just the traditional Kunbi dress - it predates the Portuguese and in Salcete it is proudly worn by all - Bamons and Chardos, Sudras, Kunbis, Laborers, Blacksmiths, Camars and Chamars, Toddy Tappers and also the Fishermen, Christaos and Koknes, etc. Quoting Colaco.net: "Let us once and for all, accept what the Great Goan Kashti truly is and signifies. it is the National Flag of Goa. The most outstanding feature is the great divide in the centre. It signifies the divisions we normally see in Goan society between: Goans and non-Goans, Hindus and Catholics, Upper Castes and Lower, Believers and Agnostics, Environmentalists and Industrialists, Politicians and Honesty, Folks from Salcette (South Goa) and Bardez (North Goa), Konkani speakers and Marathiwadis, Konkani and the Imposed S-Konkani, and views to the left and those to the right" Don't you agree that the Kashti is truly a Unifying Force in much-divided Goa ? If not the Kashti, then what are the alternatives for The Traditional Dress and The National Flag of Goa ? Best Regards, Dr. Carmo D'Cruz, Sashtikar, Proud Velkar, Even More Proud to be a Goenkar, INDIAn Harbour Beach, Florida Message: 4 Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:23:27 +0100 From: "cornel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] What is Goa's traditional dress? To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi Cecil I have always believed that Kunbi dress in Goa is the traditional dress. Are there alternative views? _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
