It is believed in Mozambique different communities were called different things such as indians were called babus, Goans cancecos (probably empty vessels), Portuguese Maguerre etc. Elisabeth tuka kam na dondo na kitem? BC Gente da costa de Conc?o (people of the Konkan coast), perhaps ...
----- Original Message ---- From: Carvalho <elisabeth_...@yahoo.com> To: estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Sent: Friday, 10 July, 2009 11:19:53 PM Subject: [Goanet] Canecos The Portuguese often used the word Canecos as a racial slur for Goans. The word according to the dictionary means a pitcher or jug or a top-hat. I don't know the exact colloquial translation of the word. Can anyone shed some light.
