Church: St Thomas https://flic.kr/p/2bRQyvG
Cansaulim: Good Friday with a difference When I was a little boy I happened to visit Rachol Church on Good Friday with my mother. There I saw the act of bringing down Lord Jesus Christ from the Cross and believe me or not I thought this was happening only in Rachol. Bearing this in mind I went there in 2008 with my video camera, video available in youtube. It was only around 2012 I realized that it was happening in almost all Churches except Cansaulim Church. Well, it was happening there too but stopped in 1950s due to the egos of the gauncars or the casteists. I remember there were three types of comfrad with three different colour opmus (opa mussa) viz Red (Gauncars, Bamon, Chaddies), Blue (Sudras) White (Kunnbi gauddi etc) According to a source Traditionally, it was Red Opa Mussa comfrad who took dead Jesus in the procession but in late 50’s other comfrad members started demanding that they too be allowed in the procession to carry the casket and that’s where the problem started. Since then, there is no act of bringing Jesus down the cross nor any procession on the day Many Parish priests, Bishops come and gone but the situation remain unresolved till today Shame!! Parish priests of the time Fr Robert Barretto 16 years Fr. Martin Rodrigues 7 years Fr. Alban Fernandes 8 years Fr. Martin Gomes 8 years Fr. Cleto Pereira 7 years Fr. Cristo Colaco 3 years Fr. Joao Filipe 2 years Fr. Sertorio Rodrigues 8 years Fr. Jean da Cruz Fernandes 4 years + Bishops of the time.. Bishop Jose Alvernaz Bishop Raul Gonsalves Bishop Filip Neri Ferrao https://youtu.be/Gj-oJxFZHL0 Good Friday at Rachol also from cansaulim Fr, Jose Remedios, Vicar General Fr. Lucio Dias Late Msgr Carmo da Silva
