What makes you believe so, Augusto? Is there a corelation both ways? I mean, would all (or most) homes built by Africanders have lions at their gates, and would all the homes with lions at their gates belong to Africanders?
>From a rough estimate, it seems that only a few homes in any village have lions on their gates. In some villages, house after house (in parts of the village) were built by "Africanders". If what you believe is true, why do some have lions and others not? In Bardez, a lot of the 20th century affluence, I'd think, came from migration. Specially to places like Africa. This was accelerated perhaps by the existence of some of the early English schools in this region (Fr Lyons at Arpora, Mater Dei at Saligao, Sacred Heart at Parra, etc); other parts of Goa got English schools much later. A better test would be to see if the homes with 'lions at the gates' in Salcete (where affluence and grand homes came from sources other than overseas migration earlier on, it would seem) belong to Africanders. That might give you an idea of how right or conjectural (let's avoid binaries, as VJP says!) you are. I'm open to be corrected on the arguments above; but don't dismiss it with a label please. FN On 6 November 2014 12:41, augusto pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > There are stone lions on the gates of some Goan houses. In Moira I know of > at least 5 such houses. I think this motif signifies that it was built by > an Africander. I know for sure at least 2 of the Moira ones were. I've seen > the lions in other villages too. > > Could anyone say whether I'm right or wrong? > Augusto -- P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha Latest from Goa,1556: http://goa1556.in/book/goa-in-sepia-tinted-postcards/ <http://goa1556.in>
