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> Thanks Camilo for your article on St Michael's feast in Anjuna. Such 
> nostalgic memories of the Anjuna of bygone days.

>    I recall the beautiful cottages of my childhood days, where more than a 
> ground floor was severely frowned upon. I remember St.John's feast in June 
> where people would jump in the village wells and the river (sankow) with 
> crowns of flowers on their heads and garlands  round their necks. I remember 
> the simple country folk, the workers who would line up in front of our home 
> after their hard day's work in the field, for their cup of feni which my 
> grandfather would pour out. The cup was made out of coconut shell.  There was 
> so much of respect and real affection. Those days are gone forever.  That 
> bridge over the river screams with pain during the season as merciless cars, 
> buses and heavy bikes drive over it. Only a true Anjunaite would understand 
> this. I don't like the change in Anjuna and I don't like the bad name it is 
> acquiring. But the only thing in life that is constant is change.
>    Bernice Pereira
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