Hi SaligaoNetters
Happy Feast to one & all! Rico, thanks for the story - we have heard it often but I like to hear it every time anyway. And yes, there is a message - our elders are to be respected & provided for. Just spoke to Mum & Fiona & wished them.....from the Office of course. It's our new week whilst you all are enjoying the weekend. However we did enjoy our weekend despite the heat which is not as bad as in previous years.... Being from Donvaddo, this Feast of St. Anne is especially special to me as I have good memories of the same through the years. After all it has been celebrated on this date in July if it falls on a Sunday, or on the Sunday following the 26th. The Chapel is also named after the Saint - Saint Anne's Chapel. It usually doesnt rain at the time of the procession etc. but starts pouring after that, wonder if it is the same this year. & I wonder if people still go back to the Chapel later in the afternoon to buy the mud pots??? I always accompanied Dad on this particular errand. It was fun donning the raincoat, carrying the umbrella & walking to the Chapel, then buying the pots which we seemed to need every year for the plants. Who is the President this year? Do they have one or is it just each vaddo celebrating the Feast every year? Have no news of the same. Have a good day & a good weekend Regards Annette > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:38:18 +0530 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SALIGAONET] July 26 – THE FEAST OF ST. ANNE AND ST. JOAQUIM] > > > An article, from Goanet, for those of our co-villagers whose vaddo feast > it is this Sunday (almost today!) FN > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Goanet] July 26 – THE FEAST OF ST. ANNE AND ST. JOAQUIM > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:27:34 +0530 > From: Domnic Fernandes <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! > <[email protected]> > To: Goanet Goanet <[email protected]> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > * G * O * A * N * E * T **** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, > training and research and is looking to buy land of approx 1500 to > 2000 sq mtrs betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas > > If you have land to sell, please contact: > > [email protected] or [email protected] or phone +91-9881499458 > > http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anne and Joaquim were > grandparents of Jesus Christ. They were > an exemplary couple. Theirs was the best > family next only to their daughter’s, Mary’s, which comprised of Mary, Joseph > and Infant Jesus. > > > > Anne and Joaquim spent most of > their time in prayers. They were simple, > pious, God-fearing, patient, kind-hearted and a peaceful couple. > > > > When Mary was three years old, > Anne took her to a temple and offered her to God’s service and thus she > fulfilled her promise. > > > > In the past, people only > celebrated St. Anne’s feast on July 26, and St. Joaquim’s feast was celebrated > in August. However, in the recent past > we have been celebrating their feast jointly on July 26. > > > > This feast gives us an > opportunity to remember our old parents, grandparents and other elderly people > in our neighborhood/parish, who may be ailing in their homes and helpless. > > > > They looked after us and took > care of us when they were in good health. > Today, they are old and frail and need our assistance and shelter. Just > because they are old, we should not dump > them in a corner or admit them to Old-Age homes. > > > > We must behave with > responsibility towards our old parents, grandparents and other elderly people, > and set a good example to our children, as otherwise they will follow and > repay > us in the same coins as per the good old Konkani saying: “Korta tea mapan > bhogta” (You get repaid in > the same coins.) > > > > At this great feast, let us > emulate St. Anne and St. Joaquim, follow in their footsteps and promise to > look > after and take care of our elderly. > > > > St. Anne’s feast is celebrated > all over Goa but it is celebrated with more > fervor in the South. Per my knowledge, besides > Telaulim (Santana), the following churches in Goa > are dedicated to St. Anne: > > > > Parra Church > > > > > Olavlim (Pomburpa) Church > > > > > Boddiem (Tivim) Church > > > > > Ponda Church > > > > > Agonda Church, and > > > > One chapel in Saligao. > > > > In Anjuna church, we have an > altar on the left of its entrance dedicated to St. Anne. At home, we still > have in our oratorio or > olotor a small wooden statue of St. Anne, which was brought from our maternal > grandparents’ house in Benaulim around sixty years ago. > > > > St. Anne’s feast is also known as > “Tovxeanchem fest” (Feast of Cucumbers.) > This being the season of “tovxim” (cucumbers), people offer the > vegetable at the feet of St. Anne and make a humble request. > > > > The tovxeanchem feast is > celebrated with great pomp and gaiety at the 310-odd-years old St. Anne > Church, > Santana-Telaulim. The historic church is > unique in the whole of Asia for its hollow > walls and is one of the best examples of Indian baroque. It is a heritage > monument of great importance > in Goa. > > > > The church was founded in 1577 > but was rebuilt by Msgr Francisco de Rego 1681-1689, and completed by his > successor, Fr. Antonio Francisco da Cunha in 1695. > > > > It is believed that while the > edifice was under construction, an old lady appeared in a vision to a senior > villager and she told him that the church was her home and she wanted to live > in it. Another old lady from the village > also saw the same vision. > > > > The church had not been dedicated > to any patron saint till then. And so, > the church was dedicated to St. Anne. > > > > Newly wedded couples go to > Telaulim, offer a cucumber at the feet of St. Anne and petition: > > > > Portuguese: ‘Senhora, tomai pepino, dai me menino’; > > > > Konkani: ‘Saibinni, hem tovxem > ghe ani mhaka ek ballok di’ (Our Lady, take this cucumber and give me a > child.) > > > > It is not only the childless > couples who go to Telaulim, bachelors and spinsters, too, go there. Bachelors > take a long spoon and petition: > > > > > Portuguese: ‘Senhora, tomai colher, dai me mulher’; > > > > Konkani: ‘Saibinni, hem kuler ghe > ani mhaka bail di’ (Our Lady, take this spoon and give me a wife.) > > > > Similarly, spinsters take some > lentils and beseech the saint: > > > > Portuguese: ‘Senhora, tomai urido, dai me marido’; > > > > Konkani: ‘Saibinni, hi uddid-dal > ghe ani mhaka ghov di.” (Our Lady, take this uddid-dal and give me a husband.) > > > > It is a tradition that has been > followed for long and is significant to the things presented. A ‘kuler’ > (spoon) relates more to women and > ‘ballok’ (infant) to the males. > > > > The feast of St. Anne and St. Joaquim > falls on July 26, but in Telaulim it is celebrated on the last Sunday of the > month – this year July 26th is a Sunday. > Other parishes celebrate the day as ‘Grandparents Day.’ > > > > Here are the lyrics of two hymns > dedicated to St. Anne: > > > > 1. > > > > SANT AN, TUJEM SUFOLL JINNEM > > > > Sant An, tujem sufoll jinnem > > Devu zala natu tuzo > > Somi mhozo, Raza mhozo > > Dan-dhorm, Maie, thoru tuzo > > > > Tujem ge nanv novia porim > > Ana mhonnge kurpa thori > > Kurpest astam thori zali > > Devan Apli aji keli > > > > Tuje kuxim sodoiv lenki* > > Deva-Mata Ankvari ieki > > Tiche kuxim Deva Putu > > Maie, tuzo mogall Natu > > > > Tujem ge bhag anond thoru > > Bhoddveam modem ason koru > > Lenki Ranni, Natu Raza > > Vhoddu Ranni mhonntit tuka > > > > Tuzo poti Jokim Bhoktu > > Devach’ azo pritivontu > > Bhoktam modhem manu bhogi > > Siason kelam Natva lagim > > > > Sant An, Maie, amchi sasai > > Chumbon korun tuje ge pai > > Kurpa amkam dig e thori > > Amche pasun vinot kori! > > > > 2. > > > > SANT AN, TUM GE DEVA-AJI > > > > Sant An, tum ge Deva-aji > > Porob palltanv azu tuji > > Devan tuka keli thoru > > Amche pasot vinot koru > > > > Ana mhollear kurpa thori > > Amchea atmeant kurpa bhori > > Tuji lenki* Devu-Mata > > Dev-lenk* tuzo natu zata > > > > Zannttea voiar** gorbest zalii > > Deva-Matek zolma haddlii > > Mon’xa-vorgak xanti dilii > > Kurper-kurpa amkam zoddlii > > > > Tuka keli Rannie-mata > > Jezuk tum ge Natu lekhta > > Jem tum Tache lagim magta > > Tuka To tem sodanch dita > > > > Sam Jokinchi tum ge kanta*** > > Dev-Matechi tum ge mata > > Devu tuka aji mhonntta > > Srixtti tuka noman korta > > > > Tum ge amchi za xar’tinni > > Borea margak lai svaminni > > Bodol amcheo papi jinni > > Pavoi amkam sorga-jinni > > > > > *Lenk = put; Lenki = dhuv > > > > ** Zanttea voiar = Piraer > > > > ***Kanta = Potin > > > > There is one litany in Konkani > and one rosary of Saint Anne sung in Parra church. > > > > I wish all the Goans a happy > feast of St. Anne and St. Joaquim - Boas Festas! 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