You are filled with wot spirits, Rolly my boy???
The mansion...family...you are bumbling...mumbling for is that of Joaquim Teles da Silva & not that of Joaquim "Joku" de Melo... (incumbent, Fortunato de Melo). Emiliano is the ghor-zanvoin, ex Illona, of that house, &, a most welcome one...a very nice chap that he is with fife...pigs...men... Alfred.... > Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:04:26 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Cabaia.... á là Dr. Barónio Monteiro > > Talking of Jocu Melo, many were the Loutulim summer dances organized > in his vast house that I attended. If one had a wish to meet the > lovely belles of Loutulim, that would be the occasion. Provided of > course one was hardy enough or filled with enough spirit to face the > chaperons of these girls (usually a strict mother or aunt). Not only > that, it was the first time I came across the system where when asked > a girl for a dance, she would first have to get a nod from her duenna > and then you would hear "I am free for the fifth dance". Of course > after a few Indian Navy rums, it was always difficult to count. > > In later years our friend the never aging Emiliano Cruz discovered the > charms of Lillon, one of the daughters of the house and became the > ghor-zavoinn. Jocu Melo must have turned in his grave when Emiliano > decided to turn the back-yard into a pig-farm sending powerful stinks > wafting over to my grandmother's house across the fields and to the > rest of that part of Vanxem. > > Of course Emiliano must have been a struggling musician then and > probably loved by the vaddo, for it resorted to complaining about it > only much later. By that time Emiliano probably had no need of > supplementary income. > > > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:45 AM, Gabriel de > Figueiredo<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Correct - however, my Dad told me that Dr. Baronio Monteiro declared, in > > his wisdom, that it was the most logical tunic for the tropics. BTW, I > > think Mario imortalized him in a cartoon with Dr. Baronio in the cabaia > > doffing his cap to Roque Barneto, Jocu Melo, Eufeumiano Alvares, the > > Faleiro brothers et al at the pedda ... > > > > And I've a photograph of the Tuna with distinguished gentleman in the > > cabaia holding a flute. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Gabriel. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Alfred de Tavares <[email protected]> > > To: GOANET Lists <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, 13 July, 2009 11:14:44 PM > > Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Cabaia.... á là Dr. Barónio Monteiro > > > > > > Gabriel, > > > > > > > > The most fervent adherent of the "cabaia" in Goa, our own illustrious > > Lotlekar, > > > > Dr Barónio Monteiro? > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > > Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail > > > > > > -- > Roland Francis > http://roland-torontogoan.blogspot.com > +1 (416) 453.3371 _________________________________________________________________ Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us
