Hi Cip, What you have outlined are different sides of the same cube. Yet they are a part of a whole and compliment each other. It is like a human body which has several independent but connected parts. You likely heard the story of different anatomical organs of the body arguing "who is more important?".
Most Catholic Goans (sp. in the Diaspora) have lost their cultural identity (customs) - except for song, dance, food and drink. Many are LEFT ONLY WITH their religious customs (rituals) as reflected at childbirth, marriage and funeral. Now some intellectual Goans - atheists / agnostics / secular humanists - want us to loose the religious identity too; under the guise of "being progressive". Yet they insists on wanting to preserve their 'Goaness'. In the above scenario, I often wonder what the primary grade (educated) grandmothers and great-grandmothers are saying about their progeny who are double-graduates from borem-vodlem universities. Kind Regards, GL ------------------ "JOANITA FERNANDEZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Is it not that Community is an Independent Entity (independent of Religion and Culture)?....... And, Is it not that a Culture (not religious culture) dependent Entity? ...... Likewise, Is it not that a Religion dependent Entity? Just a thought, Cip
