[Goanet-News] CCR TV is six...
Congratulations to CCR TV on its sixth anniversary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSIsvfMiPZE -- FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Join a discussion on Goa-related issues by posting your comments on this or other issues via email to goa...@goanet.org See archives at http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
[Goanet-News] Berlin's growing Indian community | DW Documentary
Berlin's growing Indian community | DW Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKog7E4DBsU -- FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Join a discussion on Goa-related issues by posting your comments on this or other issues via email to goa...@goanet.org See archives at http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
[Goanet-News] Belgaum blues: Kuswar, a plate with upto 20 different sweets ... (Cecilia deSilva Suarez)
BELGAUM BLUES: KUSWAR, A PLATE WITH UPTO 20 DIFFERENT SWEETS Dear Flo, When we spoke recently, you evoked such a nostalgia when you mentioned that you were busy preparing Kuswar for the arrival of your children at Christmas. This is a Goan/Mangalorean Christian tradition of the preparation and exchange of sweets at Christmas. I think it has its roots in the tradition of the exchange of sweets at Diwali by the Hindus. Well done Flo, and all of you who keep up that wonderful tradition. Sadly I've fallen by the wayside on that score. Kuswar as you know consists of at least 20 or so different kinds of sweets -- pastries, cakes and toffees. For example, kulkus, neuris, kokada, bolinhas, batica, dodol, fruit cake, ribbon cake, doce de grão, suspiros, pastéis de nata and many more. For us in the deSilva family this 'ceremony' would start about the fifteenth of December. We would start late into the evening after all homework had been completed and the family Rosary recited. Such was the anticipation that there were never complaints about doing our homework or reciting the Rosary. I think there was a competition of who could recite a Hail Mary in the shortest time. Was it like that for you in the Coelho family with your lovable brother Martin, irascible brother George and younger sister Gemma? We would start first with the pastries -- neuris, kulkuls, angels' ribs... weighing, kneading, rolling and deep frying. Do you remember Flo, in the years soon after the Second World War, when there was rationing? Provisions such as white flour (maida) and sugar were at a premium and few people could afford the black market prices. The maida flour was an essential ingredient for all the sweets. We the deSilvas were most fortunate. You see, Dad (Julius) served in the Royal Signal Corps in Burma and as such we were entitled to military rations which were plentiful in comparison. Mum (Jovina) made sure that she drew her full entitlement and distributed the provisions among the members of the Ladies Sodality. Last year, our school friend Celina Fernandes in Toronto reminded me of Mum's generosity in sharing these provisions with her Mum, Adalgiza Costa Pinto, Amy deSouza, Kathleen deSouza, Mrs Silgardo, Ismenia Pereira, Violet Pereira and many more. Darryl Silgardo recently reminded me of how his Mum made chapaties from corn or jowar or millet flour. Next would be the preparation of the cakes -- fruit cake, ribbon cake in many colours. Most families didn't own a domestic oven so everyone had to send their cakes for baking at M.K. Swamy's in Church Street. However did people manage to transport the cakes all the way from Goje Building, Blue Castle, Khanapur Road, I would never know. Perhaps by dumny or tonga? For us in Picket Road it was easy as we had access to Swamy's via the back door. Once at Swamy's we had to make sure that we got back the cakes that we had sent. It must have been a logistics nightmare for poor old Swamy. He insisted that each cake was labelled but during the course of the baking the labels would slip off and it was not uncommon to end up with someone else's cakes. The mixing of dodol and 'doces' required elbow grease but with two young brothers, Joe and John, there was no problem in our household. They were more than happy to undertake the task as the bonus was to get a chance to lick the big mixing bowl. Once they got tired they would enlist the help of the Cardoso boys next door. Of course we had to keep an eye on the younger siblings, Fatima and baby brother Clifford. They could be up to all sorts of tricks on the pretext of going to bed. On one occasion they dared each other playing with matchsticks with disastrous effects. In the more lavish households families would include cashewnut toffee. Of course bebinca would be more challenging as the recipe requires forty egg yolks (yes, 40!) and a vast quantity of coconut milk, flour and sugar, the baking of which in the domestic makeshift oven would take all day, layer by layer. Few could afford the expense or have the stamina for this marathon feat. Once all the sweets were prepared we had to make sure that we had adequate airtight storage containers. All over Belgaum the talk before Christmas was "Have you made your cake?" or "I didn't have enough sugar to make bebinca this year?" Then came the exchange of the kuswar. A tray covered in a beautiful crocheted cloth with a sample of all the sweets prepared would be exchanged with families, in particular those who had suffered a bereavement during the year. The bearer of the tray would get a tip -- a couple of annas. After 1956 we used to send a tray of kuswar to St Joseph's Convent for our sister Olive who had joined the Canossians by then. On Christmas Day, we would also distribute sweets to the Domaris who came to the door. Somehow
[Goanet-News] Goa Welfare Association donates to vehicles to Street Providence
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[Goanet-News] Tiatr... Belgaum?
CLIFF D'SILVA of Navelim is working on an article on the tiatr in Belgaum in earlier decades. If you have any memories you'd like to share, or even photos from then, please get in touch with him via WhatsApp +91-90493 19910 or email cliffa...@gmail.com -- FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Join a discussion on Goa-related issues by posting your comments on this or other issues via email to goa...@goanet.org See archives at http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/ *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
[Goanet] CCR TV is six...
Congratulations to CCR TV on its sixth anniversary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSIsvfMiPZE -- FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa
[Goanet] Berlin's growing Indian community | DW Documentary
Berlin's growing Indian community | DW Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKog7E4DBsU -- FN * +91-9822122436 * 784 Saligao 403511 Bardez Goa
[Goanet] Goa -origin Scientists
Alessandro Volta was a chemist and physicist who is best known for inventing one of the first electric batteries, the Voltaic Pile. Julio Fleming Dias has pushed the frontiers in electronics a lot farther. His inventions include patents on ultrasound imaging devices, invasive blood pressure devices, intravascular ultrasound imaging devices, etc.
[Goanet] Schedule for Tuesday 5th December 2023
CCR TV GOA Channel of God's love You can also watch CCR TV live on your smartphone via the CCR TV App Available on Google PlayStore for Android Platform. Click the link below. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ccr.tv4 Email ID: ccrgoame...@gmail.com Schedule for Tuesday 5th December 2023 12:00 AM Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries 12:27 AM Devachem Utor - Sirak Avesor 18 -Vachpi Orlando D'Souza 12:35 AM Bhajan - Teena Zanachea Ekach Tatva - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx 12:39 AM Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 295 - SIR WILLIAM OSLEO - Fr Pratap Naik sj 12:46 AM Handmaids of Christ - Vocation Promotion 12:56 AM Somi sorgar veta ani Ankvar Mariek sorgar vhorta hache modem ontor kitem? Rev Clive Diniz 1:00 AM Feast Mass SFX 3:00 AM CCR TV 6th Anniversary Comcert 4:15 AM Saibinnichi Ruzai - Dukhiche Mister 4:42 AM Divine Mercy Chaplet 4:50 AM Senior Citizens Exercises - COOJ 5:17 AM Youthopia - Ivo Gonsalves interviewed by Sammy Coelho 5:44 AM Wisdom Reflections -6 - Rachol Professors 6:08 AM Mon Bodlop - Talk by Victor Mascarenhas 6:34 AM Tell me a story - Jesus Heals a Leper 7:00 AM Praise and Worship - SJVSRC Magno Menezes 7:23 AM Hymn - Namo - Fr Glen D'Silva sfx 7:39 AM Devachem Utor - Sirak Avesor 18 -Vachpi Orlando D'Souza 7:47 AM Senior Shepherds - Fr Joseph SIlva interviewed by Colin Pereira 8:19 AM Marian Reflections -4 - DCC 8:40 AM Pope's Intercessions K 8:45 AM Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 25 8:51 AM Spiritual Communion Prayer 8:54 AM Patience - Fruit of the Holy Spirit - Lavinia Gonsalves 9:30 AM Canossian Daughters of Charty - Vocation Promotion 9:40 AM Novena Prayer to St Joseph Vaz 9:42 AM Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 295 - SIR WILLIAM OSLEO - Fr Pratap Naik sj 9:50 AM Mary Virgin Mother of God - Talk by Dr Sarita Nazareth 10:23 AM What is the Immaculate Conception ? - Rev. Clive Diniz 10:28 AM Saint Robert Bellarmine - Quote 10:30 AM Wisdom Reflections -13 - Rachol Professors 10:53 AM Magnificat (English) 10:55 AM In conversation with Fr Rob Galea by Alfie 11:30 AM Mass in English 12:15 PM Daily Flas/Jivitacho Prokas 12:19 PM Prayer - the source of life - Talk by Sr Sirisha Kota 12:33 PM Dev Amkam Kiteak Pekhoita - Dominic Rodrigues 1:02 PM Ximpientlim Motiam - Bhag 4 - Ixtt vo Dusman - Fr Pratap Naik sj 1:15 PM Our Father - Malayalam 1:20 PM Tell me a story - Prodigal Son 1:36 PM Povitr Misachi Bhett - Talk by Mathew Fernandes 1:53 PM Youthopia - Edmer Barreto - Author interviewed by Jessica Sharma 2:23 PM Choir - Resonating Mellows 2:40 PM Jezu Mojea, Tujea Sangatan - A song by Felicio Fernandes 2:45 PM Psalm 72 2:49 PM Saint Gregory Nazianzen - Quote 2:50 PM Spiritual Direction - Savio Mascarenhas 3:16 PM You too can be a saint - St. Francis Xavier 3:26 PM Couples Prayer - English 3:29 PM Prayer over Childless Couples - St Joseph Vaz 3:30 PM Anchea Jivitacho Hetu - Talk by Royle Fernandes 3:56 PM Prayer to St. Joseph by Pope Francis 3:58 PM Xapai - Xamaichem Magnnem 4:00 PM Rosary - Sorrowful Mysteries 4:27 PM Angelus - English 4:30 PM Senior Citizens Exercises - 3 5:00 PM Jezucho Zolom Mojea Kallzant - Talk by Orlando D'Souza 5:33 PM Prepare Him a room - Talk by Sheela Alvares 6:00 PM Mass in Konkani 6:45 PM Daily Flas/Jivitacho Prokas 6:48 PM Aimorechen Magnnem 6:51 PM Divine Mercy Chaplet - English 7:00 PM Virtual Meet - Jesus and the Apostles 7:23 PM Devachem Utor - Sirak Avesor 19 -Vachpi Orlando D'Souza 7:30 PM Saibinnichi Ruzai - Dukhiche Mister 7:56 PM Hymns - St Francis Xavier School, Peddem Mapuca 8:00 PM CCR TV 6th Anniversary Comcert 9:15 PM Adoration - DCLA 6 - Fr Henry 9:46 PM Ratchem Magnem 10:00 PM Broadening the horizons of your minds - God's Not Dead- Fr Fio Mascarenhas sj 10:36 PM Catholic Perspective of Organ Donation - Fr Donato Rodrigues 10:56 PM Documentary - Sustainable ripples - Ep 4 - Traditional bread making in Goa 11:29 PM Wealth out of Waste - Paper Bags Donations may be made to: Beneficiary name : CCR GOA MEDIA. Name of Bank : ICICI Bank Branch Name: Panaji Branch RTGS/NEFT Code : ICIC015 Savings Bank Account No : 262401000183
[Goanet] Belgaum blues: Kuswar, a plate with upto 20 different sweets ... (Cecilia deSilva Suarez)
BELGAUM BLUES: KUSWAR, A PLATE WITH UPTO 20 DIFFERENT SWEETS Dear Flo, When we spoke recently, you evoked such a nostalgia when you mentioned that you were busy preparing Kuswar for the arrival of your children at Christmas. This is a Goan/Mangalorean Christian tradition of the preparation and exchange of sweets at Christmas. I think it has its roots in the tradition of the exchange of sweets at Diwali by the Hindus. Well done Flo, and all of you who keep up that wonderful tradition. Sadly I've fallen by the wayside on that score. Kuswar as you know consists of at least 20 or so different kinds of sweets -- pastries, cakes and toffees. For example, kulkus, neuris, kokada, bolinhas, batica, dodol, fruit cake, ribbon cake, doce de grão, suspiros, pastéis de nata and many more. For us in the deSilva family this 'ceremony' would start about the fifteenth of December. We would start late into the evening after all homework had been completed and the family Rosary recited. Such was the anticipation that there were never complaints about doing our homework or reciting the Rosary. I think there was a competition of who could recite a Hail Mary in the shortest time. Was it like that for you in the Coelho family with your lovable brother Martin, irascible brother George and younger sister Gemma? We would start first with the pastries -- neuris, kulkuls, angels' ribs... weighing, kneading, rolling and deep frying. Do you remember Flo, in the years soon after the Second World War, when there was rationing? Provisions such as white flour (maida) and sugar were at a premium and few people could afford the black market prices. The maida flour was an essential ingredient for all the sweets. We the deSilvas were most fortunate. You see, Dad (Julius) served in the Royal Signal Corps in Burma and as such we were entitled to military rations which were plentiful in comparison. Mum (Jovina) made sure that she drew her full entitlement and distributed the provisions among the members of the Ladies Sodality. Last year, our school friend Celina Fernandes in Toronto reminded me of Mum's generosity in sharing these provisions with her Mum, Adalgiza Costa Pinto, Amy deSouza, Kathleen deSouza, Mrs Silgardo, Ismenia Pereira, Violet Pereira and many more. Darryl Silgardo recently reminded me of how his Mum made chapaties from corn or jowar or millet flour. Next would be the preparation of the cakes -- fruit cake, ribbon cake in many colours. Most families didn't own a domestic oven so everyone had to send their cakes for baking at M.K. Swamy's in Church Street. However did people manage to transport the cakes all the way from Goje Building, Blue Castle, Khanapur Road, I would never know. Perhaps by dumny or tonga? For us in Picket Road it was easy as we had access to Swamy's via the back door. Once at Swamy's we had to make sure that we got back the cakes that we had sent. It must have been a logistics nightmare for poor old Swamy. He insisted that each cake was labelled but during the course of the baking the labels would slip off and it was not uncommon to end up with someone else's cakes. The mixing of dodol and 'doces' required elbow grease but with two young brothers, Joe and John, there was no problem in our household. They were more than happy to undertake the task as the bonus was to get a chance to lick the big mixing bowl. Once they got tired they would enlist the help of the Cardoso boys next door. Of course we had to keep an eye on the younger siblings, Fatima and baby brother Clifford. They could be up to all sorts of tricks on the pretext of going to bed. On one occasion they dared each other playing with matchsticks with disastrous effects. In the more lavish households families would include cashewnut toffee. Of course bebinca would be more challenging as the recipe requires forty egg yolks (yes, 40!) and a vast quantity of coconut milk, flour and sugar, the baking of which in the domestic makeshift oven would take all day, layer by layer. Few could afford the expense or have the stamina for this marathon feat. Once all the sweets were prepared we had to make sure that we had adequate airtight storage containers. All over Belgaum the talk before Christmas was "Have you made your cake?" or "I didn't have enough sugar to make bebinca this year?" Then came the exchange of the kuswar. A tray covered in a beautiful crocheted cloth with a sample of all the sweets prepared would be exchanged with families, in particular those who had suffered a bereavement during the year. The bearer of the tray would get a tip -- a couple of annas. After 1956 we used to send a tray of kuswar to St Joseph's Convent for our sister Olive who had joined the Canossians by then. On Christmas Day, we would also distribute sweets to the Domaris who came to the door. Somehow
