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Baaz-to´dop used to be a very elegant dress used by Brhamin Christian
ladies.
The apparel consisted of two pieces: The "to´dop" was an intricately
embroidered,
often with silver/gold thread, silken/brocade skirt, not closed-stitched,
draped waist
down.
The "baaz" was the chaste blouse, lighter in material but also most
intricately
embroidered.
Most predominant in Salcete.
I suppose it was the Christian Brahmin compromise with the lower-caste
"kapod" or
the "Hindu sari".
If any ancestral clothes´ chests should turn up any un-moth devoured
specimen
should be highly treasured and no surrendered to the passionate pleas of
"souvenir
gatherers."
Alfred de Tavares,
Great- & grandnephew of innumerable to´dopkarns.
From: "Edgar Silveira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],"Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
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To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Goanet] "Baaz to-doop" dress from Goa of the old
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:21:45 -0400
A couple of cousins in the UK whilst doing research their family tree
came across the term "baaz to-doop"...its the way middle class women
dressed at the turn of the century or earlier. Never heard of this and
wondering anyone is in the know of this.
I have posted am old picture on http://goanbeer.blogspot.com/...take a
look (not sure this is the way they dressed "baaz to-doop" or "baaz
to-dop" (this is the best I could do in terms of how the word/term
sounds).
cheers.
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