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WHEN: December 27, 2007 @ 4:30pm
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Cansaulim, charddi & 3 kings Feast
This topic was raised more than twice over the last 3/4 years.
This time with little bit of a research in the area.
(This has the reference to the ongoing discussion on goanet)
Yes, the three Kings must be from Chardi caste (also knows as gaumcars).
Now who are these chardi?
Mainly, Saldanhas, Vaz, Gracias, Barettos etc of Cansaulim/Arossim/Cuelim
Mind you there are Vaz in kunnbi community too in the area.
Chardi necessarily mean landlords with large Portuguese houses ?
No. There are chardis who are Poder and render by profession (bakers &
toddy tapers) yet they are proud to be chardi. Many chardis are even siphoning
public funds (DSSS) Rs.1000 per month (remember my recent 1in3 Goan
housesholds living in poverty?) Yet they are proud to be chardis. There are
some chardis in the area who are goondas history sheeters, some even serving
life sentence for murder. Yet they are chardis.
Cansaulim Church is very notorious for such things- I mean Chardi only affair.
On Good Friday, traditionally, life size Jesus Christ Image was taken out in a
procession and this was only done by RED OPMUS confrad i.e. Chardi. A row
broke out as to why only they and not us (blue Opmus) and since then the image
of JC never taken out.
This was about 40/50 years ago.
Parish Priests (who themselves are mainly Chardis) come and go but never
bothered to touch these issues. I am sure, Bishop house Altinho too is full of
chardis
AMKAM KITEAK PODDLAM? DANTUI MHOJE, VONNTTTUI MHOJE.
The 3 Reis- 1 each come from Cansaulim, Arossim, Cuelim
Usually, starts with Sons first, then grand sons and the cycle continues
(kings age group between 5-10). See pics
1 King
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/139039932/
2 kings
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/352906996/
Following are the prominent figures from the area:
Cansaulim:
Dr. Luis Proto Barbosa. Ex. Chief Minister of Goa
His son too become a Rei in 1970s. The cycle did not complete as his only son
(two daughters) , I understand is still a bachelor.
Mathany Saldanha ex MLA, they never had a Rei as there are no kids I believe..
Former Sarpanchas Martha Saldanha, Nelson etc
Cuelim:
Dr. Tristao Braganza Cunha
Arrossim:
Info n/a.
A Rei or a king in the house means very expensive affair (as expensive as
wedding)
The hand made kings crown (KROV) was costing around Rs.300 in 1970s which was
big money then. At that time air travel to Bombay was costing only Rs.90 o/w.
I think I must stop here before it become a boring reading.
Legends associated with 3 Kings Feast ( 6th Jan. every year)
-There was a Velsao Rei too but once the Reddo (He buffalo) on which the king
rides (now they ride on a horse back, specially brought from Belgaum) went to
drink water in the Pali-Tollem (see pics) ..
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=397562043&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1089194594&size=l
..and the Rei got drowned so no Velsao Rei since then.
(Velsao in a village next to Cansaulim which is more closer to the Cuelim
Chapel hill where 3 king feast takes place see video)
-No one stays at night at the chapel on the feast day. An aerial torch
procession appears in the middle of the night and takes with it whoever found
at night.
(But this was proved to be false when one Parish priest along with a sacristao
stayed there overnight, and this was about 15 years ago)
-Why Hindus are also seen at the chapel on the feast day?
O/L of Remedious (see pic)is one of the 9 Hindu sisters who were converted into
Christianity. The other sisters are Milagres Saibinn Mapusa see pics, Mamai
Saibinn etc
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/139039932/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/139039934/
Our Lady Remedious Cuelim
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/352906994/
-There is a tunnel at the chapel now doomed, a priest once went with a dog
and he never retuned back but the dog did.
3 kings video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8puVKN_1iYY
aerial veiw
http://wikimapia.org/247126/
Thanks for your time.
No offence to anyone.
Reading from the archive
http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/message/1646
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2007-January/052889.html
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2007-January/052897.html
Note: Rajan Parrikar also has beautiful pictures of the hill/chapel
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