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From: J. Colaco < jc>
> f: Always remember that if I wanted to sell my book to some Goans, I
> may have to attach a free gift (of Goa sausages AND Feni) to the book.
>
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From: Frederick FN Noronha
>
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> Lastly, all this talk about Goans not reading, about them being more
> interested in feni and sausages rather than books, is just loads of
> crap.
RESPONSE: Interesting points raised by Jose and then Frederick. I am
highlighting a couple for a specific reason - books.
St Francis Xavier's feast is celebrated in Toronto by various groups of
people, most notably by the G.O.A. Toronto. See flyer and what is on sale:
http://www.goatoronto.com/events/details/108-feast-of-st-francis-xavier-2011
Today, Dec 3, there was another event organized by individuals who I
know to be fantastic supporters of the Goan community. Apparently (as I
had to pass my ticket to a Divadkar) post-religious ceremonies, there
was a getogether with food and music and it was an enjoyable affair. And
there were sausages, pickles and Christmas sweets (neuris, etc) on sale.
No books!!
Perhaps, Jose's is a novel idea to get the thousands of copies of books
(some decaying) out of the storage where authors and publishers have
them stored.
I wonder how Frederick quashes the notion that Sausages and Feni trumps
books. I thought food (and music) of all cultures trumps all other
attributes of respective cultures. I like Hakka noodles, shawarma, the
fado, etc...don't own any books from those cultures.
For all the recent brouhaha regarding Silviano's book perhaps we should
read Silviano's perspective right here on Goanet, circa 2006.
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2006-July/132454.html
Too bad I missed the SFX event again this year due to a conflict with my
other passion - the kura.
- B
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