Dear Bernado, I always like reading these gems of Goanity/Goan Being, that you put on Goanet. More particularly, I appreciate the details you remember about the subject/objects that you care to share. The part about the "darkened room" is a good "spatial allegory" with Goa of then "then", then, and now.
Every strand we remember about Goa remains with us, while surfacing on and off--to aid in analogies, associations and the making of memories--hopefully with the very many among us. Thank you. ++++++++++++ venantius j pinto > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:34:57 +0000 (GMT) > From: Bernado Colaco <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Goa's golden sports > > I think the most famous Goan football referee was Souza alias Half Crack > from > Merces. He was well known for his eccentric and dubious refereeing > decisions. He > was also a starter for Athletic events. There was an instance when the > 'AK47' of > the Goa Police did not fire for a 100m event at Campal. The athletes took > off > after the set position. Half Crack ran after the athletes calling them > back, and > with the AK fortunately pointed towards hell. > > > BC > > > the other memorable referee was the late Simplicio of Majorda. He was > a teacher by profession, baatkar in his spare time and a referee at > other times. He had a bit of a temper and lived close to the Musoon > football ground and there were instances when the going got rough > during a game......(there is no Goa Poolice in the villages yo).....he > quietly slipped away from the action and back to his darkened home!!! > * * * Encounter hints (and more) of the Goan life in Zanzibar, Poona, Mombasa, Basra, Dubai, and even Nuvem and Colva, Sanvordem and colonial Goa. Learn of experiences that shaped Goans worldwide. Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* now available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Ask a friend to buy it, before it gets sold out. Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
