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Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:32:31 +0530
From: Frederick FN Noronha * ???????? ???????? *??????? ???????
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Subject: [Goanet] Query: The ghaar...
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Could someone kindly share with me the scientific name of the 'ghaar',
whose skin is used to create Goa's traditional drum, the ghumot? What
would be the English name? Is a 'ghaar' the same as a 'saap' and what
would be the right Konkani spellings? Many thanks in advance! FN
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Ghar or Sap: (Gliding, flying lizard -lacerda ocelata)
The gumott is an earthen-ware pot-like vessel made by Goan potters with
openings on the two opposite sides, one large and the other small in
diameter, with the middle portion much bulging outwards. On the larger
opening with the edge conveniently moulded for the fitting, a wet skin of a
lizard (lacerda ocelata), known in Konkani as sap or ghar, is fully
stretched to cover the whole surface of the opening. When accompanying a
song or dance the gumott is usually placed on the left thigh, while the
player sits comfortably on a chair. The gumott is essential for a mando
performance.
Source:
GOENCHIM KONKNNI GAIONAM
CANÇÕES GOESAS EM KONKANI
KONKANI SONGS FROM GOA
Deknni, Dulpod and Mando
An attempt to write an essay by Lourenço de Noronha (Sontos Chodnakar)
MD
