What an idyllic world it was then... when everyone knew their station in life. It has all turned out to be too chaotic and bumpy now. :-) FN
Frederick Noronha :: +91-9822122436 :: +91-832-2409490 On 9 February 2011 16:58, Bernado Colaco <[email protected]> wrote: > I have read many articles and info about the rendero, the poder (padeiro) but > none on the mainato or modval. In Goa in our golden days (before 61 and even > later) the modval would do the house laundry. Items were mainly bed linen, > towels, pants, dresses etc. Santosh would come to our house twice a month to > collect and deliver. Mode of transport was the famous Raleigh cycle. Clothes > tied in a white cloth would be placed on the rear of the cycle. Before leaving > the house Santosh was faced with a 'rol' ie.: the items he was taking to wash > had to be jotted down and when he returned with the clothes neatly ironed and > washed the 'rol' was repeated to counter check if any items were missing. The > modval would use the local banho to wash clothes which were than strung on a > rope between two madd. > > Here is an ode to our Goan mainato: > > Tres corpetas e um avental, > Tres camisas e um enxoval > Que freguesa deu a rol.
