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I've said this before and I'll say it again. I shall respond only to facts
and issues raised in what I've written about, that is re-posted here.
None of what Antonio raises below was written, implied or imputed in
the captioned subject. (Aside, many would know what Antonio says
below, about *confrarias* is true, but do dismount off the saddle of
that anachronistic institution! It is almost dead here.)
-v
----- Original Message -----
From: "Antonio Menezes" <[email protected]>
To: "goanet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 6:59 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Goan emigration - 3- ( Herald Aug 2 )
Valmiki writes: ''I indicated no proportion or percentage of educated and
not so.'' You
are right , my apologies.
And did the Church in Goa really deny '' education to the poor ? '' asks
Valimiki .
The answer ''obviously'' is in negative because the history of the Church in
Goa was
written ''' from a perspective of a particular high society or by an
individual of the
dominant society '' to quote Basilio G Monteiro in his article History
through the
eyes of historians.
And did the Portuguese Patriarch enjoy the sight of various confrarias in
procession
after the feast day mass ? Obviously yes. Did he see anything unchristian
to the
;point of being apostatical ( or for that matter , did the members of the
Inquisition
tribunal see ) in the various colours of opmuses worn by confraria
members,
like blue for sudras, red for chardos and yellow/white for brahmins. Of
course not.
for the same reasons given above by Basilio G. Monteiro,
Antonio
