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International Cuisine Conference on Traditional Asian Diet
Panaji, Goa, September 2-5, 2007 - http://www.indologygoa.in
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Although many newly weds nowadays would have landed on the moon and tasted
honey much before marriage, honeymoon still remains a ritual to be
performed with as much expense as possible. The word honeymoon has become
so popular with newly weds that they will go even to the extent of borrowing
money and celebrating it - we even have 'honeymoon' ice cream! Well-to-do
couples travel outside their states/countries to celebrate honeymoon.
In the past, the first wedding night was spent at home and honeymoon was
celebrated on a xendri (mat) in the osro (hall), that too in the midst
of other family members remember people lived in joint families then.
Everything on the first wedding night happened naturally and the couple did
not even know they had celebrated honeymoon.
Let us see what comedienne Janet has to say to her husband about honeymoon
in the following joke, which is in Salcete Konkani:
Vokol: Arre muj ghova, tuko ankvar astonnam incharlom mure, honeymoon
mhullllo kit kai mhunnu? Tedom tum mak sangtalo kazrodis sangtam mhunn.
Magir tuko aem kazrodis hall-an nachta astonnam portun incharlem, honeymoon
mhullllo kit kai mhunn. Tedom tum mak mhunno lagolo - matxem rav gho; sanj
sangotam mhunn. Punn aiz ami honeymoon-a son eilear don dis zalet punn tuim
mak azun pasun sanglo nam honeymoon mhullllo kit to!
Novro: Agho! Tuka azun kollllo nam honeymoon mhullllo kit tem?
Vokol: Nam re - khorem kollo nam!
Novro: Ratiko amche bhitor kit zal num, tek honeymoon mhunnttai!
Vokol: Ahm-m-m-m-m! Tek honeymoon mhunnttaii? A-a-avoi! Teso honeymoon
hanv ankvar astonnam bokddeank ghevn voita astonnam kitu patti keleai!
Moi-mogan,
Domnic Fernandes
Anjuna/Dhahran, KSA
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