On 12 April 2012 14:15, Carvalho <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear members, > I was wondering if anyone would be able to comment on this. In Salcete > large areas do not have bamons. Would Assolna of Salcete have had bamons. > What would be the possibility of a man who set up a school in Assolna being > bamon? > > Any comments and speculation would be appreciated. > Best, > selma >
Selma, to stoke up a debate... * When you say "large areas do not have bamons", I guess you're referring to the fact that they're not gaonkars (and dominant landholders). This is particularly true of areas of coastal Salcete (except Benaulim), and some other areas too. But would this imply that they were totally absent from the locality, or didn't even live there? I souvr ir. * In Catholic Goa in the last century, bamons and chardos were the two contestants for power and influence. Yet, there was some degree of interaction among them too. * I would think that a school run by a person from one dominant caste in a village dominante by another caste would be a possibility. For that matter, I could point to a "chardo"-run school in a "bamon-dominated" village too. Probably parents would judge by the quality of education offered. FN
