From: JoeGoaUk 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)
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 -----------------------GL responds In response to my posts on this thread, I received a private communication from another goanetter about how in his village the comfrad changed the centuries-old practice. Thanks to the daughter-in-law of the village (the wife of the writer) the comfrad opened their admissions to women. The progressive daughter-in-law insisted that their son will not be inducted into the village comfrad if their daughters were not also inducted. Clearly change is possible thanks to some progressive Goans who are willing to take a stand. Change is possible - not by the government, politicians or the Church or writing posts on goanet, but by actions of each of us individually. Thanks to JoeGoaUk's videos, if Caunsaulim comfrad does not change, we can look forward to seeing some names and photographs of the casteists of his own village in their full pious but hypocritical regalia. Regards, GL
