According to Xri Antonio Menzes, 95% of Goans had no education or lived in poverty. In his frequent articles Xri Domnic Fernandes tells us an other story. Who should we believe? Deva amcam pauh! BC MUSIC, WRITERS AND SPORTSMEN
The Mhars provided the traditional music bands in the village for the Hindu marriage procession and religious festivities amongst Hindus and Catholics. As we all know, during pre-liberation era, every village in Goa had a Parochial school attached to a Church, where village boys were taught music notes as well as basic schooling, which enabled them to read and write. In the past, the formal teaching of music was very important, especially in the Parochial schools first established in 1545 by the Viceroy Dom João de Castro, and in the elementary schools first established in Goa in 1831 by decree of the Portuguese government. Access to these elementary schools was, however, very restricted, granted only to families of the Goan social elite. For commoners the Church School known as Parochial School was part of the life. This type of schools lasted till the end of the Portuguese rule.
