Well may you say that, and I've said it to a few singers as well - but will they correct it? They still go Remo's way which is blatantly incorrect. Why is it incorrect? "Botar" is an old Portuguese verb that was still used in Damão when the verses were composed, and is still commonly used in Brazil (check any Brazilian tele-novela on RTP, which would also have other Brazilian coloquialisms). http://www.wordreference.com/pten/botar shows the various meanings of the verb. In the verses below, from the Barra de Damão, Carinona placed a rose in her hair; and Maria, I presume, wears perfume: Carinona Caxumbé, Carinona Caxumbé Botou rosa, botou rosa, botou rosa na xendé O zumbá Zé, o zumbá Zé ..... A Maria bota cher, a Maria bota cher, A Maria bota cher, a Maria bota cher
Cheers, Gabriel. >________________________________ >From: Bernado Colaco <ole_...@yahoo.co.uk> >To: "goanet@lists.goanet.org" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> >Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 10:31 PM >Subject: [Goanet] Emaciated peformance at Lusofonia > > but certainly Maria Pitache is not concani but a song from Damao. In fact it >is Maria butacheiro - Maria smells goods or has a good fragrance according to >the people from Damao. It is wrongly sung by our bharat ratnam who was the >originator of this putache. > >BC > > >
