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Could Ana Maria or somebody else kindly explain what is "aarti"? Many
thanks.
I agree with Ana Maria when she says, «all relgions are the same, how we
choose to follow it depends on us». I too don't believe in the so-called
"Hindu Mass" - there is no such a thing, IMHO. Who ever "decreed" that
dancing during Mass is forbidden?
Jorge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 3:27 AM
Subject: [Goanet] HINDU MASS
> Folks,
>
> I just cannot figure out this debate on Goanet about 'HINDU MASS'. What
> does this mean. I have lived in a lot of different places in India. When
> my father was transferred to his batttilon's regimental centre in
> Nasirabad,
> south of Ajmer,(Rajasthan) very often we used to go to a nearby village
> for
> sunday mass. Most of these villagers were converts. Shoes were left
> outside, as in Hindu temples, women wore the gungat (covering the face
> with
> palo of sari). The priest actually had to open the gungat to offer
> communion. Is this a Hindu Mass? aarti was performed for the benefit of
> these people.
>
> very recently went to Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) and attended a mass. We had
> to sit on the floor, mass was in Hindi and again aarti performed. How do
> you call this a Hindu mass.
>
> Everywhere in India, we have masses in English, except in my village
> Betim.
> I had an altercation with a priest, and he said,' this is Goa and the
> language is Konkani, so the mass will be Konkani'. You can learn the
> language. 12 years I've lived in Mumbai, first at Colaba then on Malabar
> Hill. Never once there was a mass in Marathi. Lived in Gujarat, no mass in
> Gujarathi.
>
> When MotherTheresa was beatified in Rome, Bengali girls danced and sang in
> Bengali. Is this being Hindu. In my opinion all relgions are the same,
> how
> we chose to follow it depends on us.
>
> Regards
> Ana Maria de Souza-Goswami
>
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