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"Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:48 PM
>
> About two years ago, my in-laws decided to hire a man
> named "Augustine" from Karwar. He was a Negro.
> Augustine was so good at his job, we decided to employ
> his wife to assist us with household chores. She was a
> Negress. Turns out there is a whole tribe of Africans
> in Karwar.
>
> This tribe is a case-study in anthropology. Having
> been transplanted from Africa, the history of which I
> am unfamiliar with but doubtless has something to do
> with colonial import of slave labour, they have
> totally assimilated themselves into India. Augustine
> and his wife were Catholics and attended church but
> they were also vegetarians and observed certain other
> Hindu rituals. Possibly caught between a cultural and
> a religious conflict they decided to do what human
> beings do best. Adapt and assimilate both.
>
> Augustine vaguely remembered some African language but
> his wife didn't even know where Africa was. They were
> Indians and knew of no other land as their own.
>
Dear Selma,
1. Please see my other post on the correct Konkani synonym of "Negro",
namely, "Khapri".
2. Dr. Jose Colaco (based in The Bahamas) has in his website linked to "The
Goan Forum" a complete and interesting history of these Indian Negro people
to whom you refer. I would suggest that you read it if and when you have a
chance. These people are called "Sid'dis" or "Sid'dhis", and I feel that
this must be the reason why the "Rajhauns" English-Konkani dictionary lists
"xid'di" as one of the meanings of "negro". - The Karwar Sid'dhis, who are
speakers of Konkani, even sent a delegation to at least two of the latest
worldwide meetings of the Konkani speaking people.
Regards. - Jorge
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