[Posted by Val Souza] New essay on Saligao Serenade: ========================================= What Are Goa's Villages Famous For?
by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas While tourists visiting Goa are familiar only with the beaches and famous places of worship, local Goans will tell you that many villages of Goa are renowned for a particular produce or commodity. As we sat one May evening on the parapet of the Saligao church compound, a few of us began to enumerate the Goan villages of our region (Bardez) and what they produced or what they were famous for... [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2010/12/05/what-are-goa%e2%80%99s-villages-famous-for/ ========================================= Other essays featured this week: The Revenge Of The Cobra It was a warm, sunny day in Saligao, back in the sixties. At the seminary, it was business as usual for us seminarians. The staff were going about their daily routine and the seminarians and priests were either attending classes, or studying/praying, as was their wont were they to have an hour or so free between assignments. Suddenly, one of the kitchen helpers spotted a large snake - a cobra - slithering across one of the corridors. He shouted out loud to draw the attention of the others and soon... [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2009/02/09/the-revenge-of-the-cobra/ ========================================== My Friend Miku MIKU. That’s what everyone in the village called him. His neighbours would sometimes endearingly expand that to Miculo, but no one ever referred to him by his given name, Joao Baptista Coelho. In fact the nickname Miku was bestowed upon him by his grandmother Angelina, lovingly placing him in the care of... [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2008/08/05/my-friend-miku/ ========================================== Our Family's "Baba" Black Sheep by Mel D'Souza My grandmother told me that Galdinho was a notorious prankster in his teens, and kept getting into all kinds of trouble. The most audacious prank was when he climbed unassisted to the top of the steeple of the Mae de Deus church... [Click here to read the entire essay] http://www.saligaoserenade.com/2010/01/04/our-family-baba-black-sheep/ ========================================== -- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active!
