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* * * 2007 ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET - GOA * * *
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WHERE: Foodland Cafe - Miramar Residency - Miramar, Goa
WHEN: December 27, 2007 @ 4:30pm
More info:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2007-December/066098.html
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Hi Gabe
Many thanks for your response. Those pictures you might have seen are likely
to be tourist exaggerations of the Peruvian profile just as the pictures on
some travel guide book covers of Goa invariably do not resemble typical Goans
at all. Indeed, on Goanet, there was some discussion about this and the authors
of a travel guide were told about this matter with a view to updating their
book illustrations. However, I definitely did not say that most or all
Peruvians looked like "average" South Asians. There were enough to make the
point being made. There were indeed some who would not differ from modern
Spaniards and even Filipino in terms of appearance but a black person was a
rarity in Peruvian cities, even in Lima the capital, to my considerable
surprise. Next time, I will watch on TV, the Peruvian football side and also
the Argentinian side with greater sociological interest to see if there are any
blacks players at all.
I travelled extensively in Peru and on the streets in Cusco and on the slopes
of Machu Picchu, was asked more times than I can recall for info/directions etc
in the Peruvian language. In a good hotel where I stayed in Puno on the banks
of lake Titicaca and when visiting the floating islands, the restaurant manager
who would pass off as a fellow Goan and as brown as me, was astounded that I
was an Indian not from Peru but from India. He was keen to learn a lot more
about us Indians and it helped that his English was rather good. So were at
least three of the male tour guides in Peru and Bolivia who not only had
excellent English but wanted to discover more from me about Goa (my wife and I
were the only non-whites on this tour) and the parallels in their Catholic
Church history and also the facial similarities between us! There was one
other dinner lounge pianist in a hotel in La Paz (Bolivia) who spoke not a word
of English but kindly played several of the tunes I hummed
to him. He too looked remarkable like a fellow Goan in a good Bombay or Goan
hotel!
There is nothing like actual travel to discover unexpected things. Travel
book photographs may be misleading about 'typical' people from an area. If you
do not believe me, please have a look at the cover photograph of the Lonely
Planet travel guide to Goa. I have it in front of me. The bloke pictured
playing his large clarinet like instrument alongside a highly decorated mule on
the beach, is definitely more Rajasthani than Goan.
Cornel
Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
RESPONSE: I don't think the average Goan or indeed the average Indian
would pass off, for a Peruvian Indian; please kindly click on to the
photo below, for typical Peruvian Indian features ! Peruvian Indians
have a flatish face, and flat nose ?
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