Dear Yvonne Greetings from sunny Goa, I have heard that the Mae de Deus Feast is going to celebrated at Perth in Australia, on 6th May by our Salganvkars and their friends. Kindly pray for all of us as we will do for you. We also join in spirit Albert D'Cruz and Company at the Thanksgiving Mass on 6th May. It is followed by sorpotel, san'na-vodde, buch, caldin, xitt-koddi, pulav ?, pickle ani naka sokoilem goan milk==feni with soda I learnt.. I know you are far away drom Perth but do kindly join all our folks in celebration of our feast. Let us pray for one another Regards to you and yours.Much love, fr. nascimento mascarenhas. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 4:28 AM Subject: Re: Re: [SALIGAONET] Stories, history, legends and traditions... from a village in Goa, India
Dear Father Nasciment I pray that your health improves and that you will be able to attend the book launch. Congratulations on the completion of your wonderful book and also on the Anniversary of your ordination. Saligao is indeed blessed to have a son like you. Warm wishes from across the sea. Yvonne On , "Fr. Nascimento" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear Albert, > > Thank you for your warm wishes on the > launching of a new book enttitled " Land of the Sal tree", on 26th April, 2012 > at Mae de Deus Church, Saligao, around 6.30 mp. Rev. Fr. Luciano Fernandes, > the parish priest will do the honour of releasing the book. However due to > my recent ailment , I may not be present in Saligao Church. But Jesus > through Mae de Deus may work a miracle. On 26th April this year is also my > 43 Ordination Anniversary Praise God. > > I wish you and all our Saliganvkars in Perths > and other parts of Australia a Happy feast of Mae de Deus on 6th May. I > will remeber you all on that day. Boas Festas ! > > Much love, fr. nascimento > mascarenhas. > > > > > > -- Original Message ----- > > > From: > Albert Da > Cruz > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 7:40 > PM > > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Stories, > history, legends and traditions... from a village in Goa, India > > > > > > > Thanks Fr. Nascimento for yet another great contribution to the history > of Saligao.. > > > > I hope you are keeping well. I know the problems of ageing. > > > > We will be celebrating the Mae de Deus Feast on Sunday 6th May in > Perth. > > > > We will remember you in our Prayers. > > > > Take care & God Bless > > Albert Da Cruz > > > > > > > From: Fr. Nascimento > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:53 PM > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Stories, history, legends and > traditions... from a village in Goa, India > > > > > > > > Dear Frederick, > > > Thank you very much for your overall review of the Book" Land of The Sal Tree > " and its promotion on saligao-net. I am proud of you > > As I am not keeping well, will you kindly do the > needful for me to place short news about its launch at Saligao Church on > Thursday 26th April, 2012 around 6.30 p.m in the Newhind Times, O > Heraldo, Gomantak Express and even other marathi dailies and > TOI for Wednesday's edition ? Thanks in anticipation You may place some > matter of what you wrote to make the release interesting. Many thanks to you > > > I hope you are in contact with people from > Toronto, UK, USA, Australia, Dubai. Please be in contact. Kindly > pray for me as I do for you and yours . Everyone is dear to me. > > Much love, fr. nascimento > mascarenhas > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक > नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا > > To: [email protected] > > > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 3:56 > AM > > Subject: [SALIGAONET] Stories, history, > legends and traditions... from a village in Goa, India > > > > > > Stories, > history, legends and traditions... from a village in Goa, India > This > book offers a peek into the wonderful days of a bygone-era in a typical > village of Goa, India, a land with a rich history and a diverse > society. > > > > FOR > IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > > > > > > PRLog (Press Release) - Apr 23, > 2012 - > Goa's heart beats in its charming villages, with their > winding pathways and ancestral houses -- nested amidst coconut groves and > surrounded by greenery. So says a new book on Saligao, one of Goa's > many colourful and scenic villages, that has just been published > here. > > 'Land of the Sal Tree' is a book promising "stories of the > history, legends and traditions" of this "typical Goan village". > Saligao is located a short distance -- three to four kilometres -- from the > North Goa coast. But unlike some of the beach villages which have > speedily turned into concrete jungles, this one has still retained some > charm. > > This book is authored by Fr. Nascimento J. Mascarenhas, a > priest from the village who has served in diverse parishes across Goa. > Fr. Mascarenhas has an abiding passion for Goa's history -- specially > Church history. So much so that he has authored half-a-dozen books so > far. > > The book's goal, says the author, is to provide "readers with an > enlightening snapshot of the history, culture and traiditions of > Saligao". Saligao lies somewhere in between the prominent former > fishing-village turned tourism-hotspot of Calangute, the North Goa > commercial capital of Mapusa and state-capital of Panjim. > > "Saligao > abounds in dustry lanes and naorrow pathways which will take you to quaint > shrines and half-hidden gardens, old crumbling houses next to brightly > painted modern structures or well maintained so-called 'Portuguese' houses," > says a foreword to the book by Yvonne Vaz Ezdani. Also a villager, Vaz > Ezdani has authored her own book (on the history of Goans in Burma) some > four years earlier. > > Offering a good amount of local history, the book > keeps its style informal and catchy, and intersperses its text with > attractive illustrations. It talks about unusual institutions and > individuals that make up the village. > > For instance, the village-crier > of the yesteryears was called the 'parpoti'. Way back in the 1920s, > expat villages took the initiative to set up a local club that took care of > the locals' entertainment and intellectual nourishment. Today, in > distant regions -- Bombay, London and Toronto -- expat villagers keep their > flag flying by organising events and cultural get-togethers, as do expats > from some other villages of Goa. > > Saligao has had its traditional > schools, before the Portuguese, early colonisers in South Asia, reached Goa > in 1510. Later on, besides parochial and Latin/Portuguese schools, > this region and its neighbourhood was also one of the first to play home to > English-medium schools in Goa. This perhaps explains why so many of > the people from around here migrated to the English-speaking world, earlier > in East Africa and more recently to North America, Australia, or the > UK. > > For instance, the Mater Dei Institution, a school still actively > running, was founded in 1909. Another local school, Lourdes Convent, > was started in the 1940s as were a crop of some other English-language > schools in Goa. > > One interesting section looks at the 'house names' > used in the village to describe local families. These are in the > Konkani language, but translate into quaint meanings such as 'the house > displaying flags', the home of the 'goat', the 'kind villager', the family > that blabbers, or those with large bottoms and even a broken toe! > > The > book looks at the indigenous people of the village, modes of transport of > the past, the beggars of the yesteryears and how these were dealt with > locally, or traditional forms of coping with a dark road in times when Goa > lacked electricity. > > One section looks at the games played by local > youth. These were simple times when tiny marbles, cashew seeds, cracked > tiles, stones or bamboo slats could entertain local kids for hours on > end. One game called the 'atto sori' comprised simply of a use tyre > metal rim, which was pushed across the roads by boys between the age of > seven to ten years! > > Saligao, though just one of the small villages in > the State, has a number of prominent names linked to it. These include > the prominent ophthalmologist in Portugal Dr Claudio da Gama Pinto, > educationist Anacleto Lobo, the doyen of Indian cricket Anthony de Mello, > the Goan pioneer in Karachi Cincinatus F. D'Abreo, noted musicians > like the Goan nightingale Lorna and folklorist Oslando, religious leaders > like bishops and the Karachi-based Mother Bridget Sequeira, a number of > military men, and prominent writers and professors. > > Its author has > had space for a number of sections to the book myth and earlier history of > the area, the etymology and religious evolution of Saligao, the village in > its earlier years, individuals the author himself admired, local temples, > chapels and the church; wards of Saligao; trivia about the village; its > folklore, superstititions, traditions and customs. > > Prior to > Saligao's inhabitants converting to Catholicism, its denizens were > Hindus. Fr Mascarenhas tracks the "trail of the Hindus of Sal > village", the post-conversion name changes, and current temples in the > village. A separate section looks at the Mae de Deus church, perhaps > Goa's only Gothic-style shrine, and details of who built it and at what > cost. > > Like other Goan villages, this one too is divided into various > wards (or 'vaddos'). These are described -- starting with Salmona, > where the Sal trees grew, Arrarim, Sonarbhat which gets its name from the > goldsmiths, Morodd or the home of the aboriginal population, the > administrative and commercial centre of Cotula, and Mollembhat named after > its flower gardens. There's also Tabravaddo, whose denizens changed > their names away from Tavora for an unusual reason, Donvaddo, and the hamlet > on the knoll called Mudd'davaddi. > > Aiming to inform and enterain too, > this book does contain some quaint stories from the village of the > past. Buffaloes, village boundaries, old-style coconut shell lamps, > are among the subjects featured. > > No story on Saligao would be > complete without referring to the foxy-legend which rubs off onto the > villagers too. Likewise, a supposedly haunted tree on the village > hilltop linked to a pretty female spirit has been the source for many > stories here. > > The author calls Saligao a "benevolent village" and > focuses on its homes for the aged. He devotes a chapter to pay tribute > to some of the humble folk who made up the village in their times. The > book also looks at the changing structure of the village, as more old timers > migrate the globe, and new residents enter. > > Today, Saligao is the > home for other prominent names too, such as 'The Idea of India' author Sunil > Khilnani and Pulitzer prizewinning journalist Katherine Boo (author of > 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers'), artist Subodh Kerkar, top photographer > Dayanita Singh, painter Francis Souza and sculptor Verodiana Ferrao, among > others. > > Fr Nascimento's earlier books deal with Goan priests who > served in Portugal, a pioneering ophthalmologist who traced his roots to the > village, the port area of Mormugao, and three books on the parishes and > priests of Bardez, Ilhas and Salcete, all regions within > Goa. > > Illustrations for this book are from the Canada-based villager > from Saligao, Mel D'Souza, who went to the same school (Mater Dei) as the > author. His charming illustrations, over 85 in number, add depth and > insight. "His drawings [specially of past times] are as culturally > accurate as one could get," says the author. > > -- > Land of the Sal > Tree > Stories of the history, legends and traditions of Saligao, > a > typical Goan village > Fr Nascimento J. Mascarenhas [email protected] > Illustrated > by Mel D'Souza [email protected] > Goa: > Goa,1556 > Pp 312, Pb. 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