My hats off to you dear Dona Carminha, for maintaining the spirit of village jollity....cups bottom up to you.
The lovingly posted picture fetched back memories of my Mae, aunties and a larged beevy of ladies assembling on the Calangute beach and taking on the sea. However, in the fifties, of which I speak, even Dona Carminha's very tasteful costume, would have been considered quite a wee bit daring: then a costume such as hers would have been completed with a jacket, the casaco do banho, and the whole sartorial ensemble to be known as: Fato do Banho. Believe me or not, some of the ladies, Lord bless their modest souls, would effect a semblance of gravata. Eric, dear boy...the veritable paragon of the Goa nostalgica, perchance you have a picture of such a gathering, so redolant of propriety? Chacha...who has seen it all... > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:11:25 +0530 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] St John's Feast Celebrated in Goa, Anjuna > > Hi pals, > > The monsoon feast of Sao Joao - St John - was celebrated throughout Goa, > particularly in its coastal villages. I enjoy watching the colourful event > at the Chinvar ward of Anjuna, where the fest is celebrated as a community > event, in which at least people of three wards of the village come together. > Generally, young men and children jump in the well traditionally for "Sao > Joao" feast, but here in Anjuna, the highlight was Ms Carminha Mendonsa, an > 80-year-old grandma, who plunged in the waters of the "zhor" once again. > Some pictures posted on my FlickR photostream, beginning with the following > link: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/52243088@N00/5867330254/in/photostream > > Comments please. > > Viva Sao Joao. > Joel.
