Fernando de Noronha mentions "os de alem gates", meaning "those from beyond the Ghats", in his book "Memorias do meu passado". Don't know if this terminolgy appeared on the Goa scene before or after the events of Dec 1961...
----- Original Message ---- > From: Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Sun, 23 January, 2011 11:26:13 PM > Subject: [Goanet] Portuguese Ghantis and Maharashtrian Pankles > > COMMENT : In Goa “Ghanti” were referred to people from beyond the > Western Ghats, the boundries of Goa. These people also spoke language which was > not Konkani and not understood by the Goans. >
