No need to needlessly provoke my dear Frederick... one should know when to pick one's battles and how!
BC, thank you for that reminiscing stay well both! J ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:15:23 +0530 > From: Frederick Noronha <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] O mainato/ modval or the laundry man > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 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. > > > ------------------------------ > > -- ----------------------------------------------------- Read my thoughts at www.dervishnotes.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------- For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights. (B R Ambedkar)
