[Goanet] Shame on Saligao's Parish priest Well, in most cases it is like ‘Zor Roddtta Pejek’ (What’s there for me?) It seems, every one is now self conscious from Priests to Market vendors to field workers etc About two years, I was at Mapusa market taking photographs of salt fish (not persons). A Goan lady suddenly started grumbling loudly saying ‘Amche kustar tumi poixe kortat’ (you make money at our cost). She was saying as if she was talking to herself. I was not even photographing her veg. products At Velsao Pale fields, once we stopped to capture a field transplanting activities. A woman saying loudly ‘Amkaim kitem diyat’ (Give/pay us something too). At Canacona, NH17, we stopped to capture the local fruits/vegetable sold at the road side. They said ‘now that you taken photo buy something from us now’ At Santana church, we were taking pic from outside, a man came running only to ask ‘Did you take permission from the parish priest’ ? We asked ‘do we need permission to take pic from out the church too?’ He replied yes. We went home. At Velsao church/Feast, I was capturing from one corner without any camera flash or any interruption/obstruction to any – The priest came to me and asked ‘What you doing? where you come from? I replied, ‘I Goemcho Pe. Vigar, Agxi son eilam’ (I am Goan from Agassaim) ‘Don’t you know you have to take prior permission?’ Sorry father, I did not know that. Next day, I sent my asst. and he captured with no problems. At cortalim, up on the hill by the Railway tracks, once I went to capture Zuari bridge view from the top. A man came and said, photography not allowed here. I said I am only taking Zuari Bridge, he said that is not allowed either (from here) I was only standing in the public place (not Pvt) next to this beautiful statue of Our Lady (see pic). I said to myself, something dodgy going on here and hence they don’t allow photography. (something was coming up there and work was going on Hill cutting etc) Just few month ago, during monsoon, we were seated in the Kala Academy Canteen. Raining heavily, I thought of capturing the pipe water flow from the top.. suddenly the security guy came to stop us saying ‘No Photography allowed any where in the KA premises’ We asked ‘Where it is written so”? He had no answer. ‘We are doing what we been told.’ So, some of you will know now what it takes to photograph especially when you are not a photo journalist. 2006 Cortalim http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk/1773202514/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk/166996936/ At Santana Church 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/3756019479/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/3756020597/sizes/l/
Velsao Church 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/3816802139/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/3820696852/sizes/l/ Kala Academy http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk17/3312188332/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk4/303496613/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk18/3495167619/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3613854744/sizes/l/ Quote http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-November/185489.html [email protected] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
