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I have always found those terms very interesting: toh bhair podlo and toh
piddear zalo. On esggesting that he is no longer with us as in
now inhabiting another space or plane, and the other suggesting corruption
of the mortal body.
Also, those days I think are quite gone where women would lament and be in
need of aliment (beverages) to replensh themselves. Doubt whether anyone
below 55 bawl as much these days. But this too has to do with levels of
sophistication, simplicity and fears of any given family.
On another note, my Dad always took something that was the favorite (often
an addiction) of the person who has passed away and kept it a little ahead
of the path to the grave. For his sister, my aunt Cecilia it was two packets
of Charminar, since she was a two pack a day Charminar girl. Cecilia
(Cissy) was one ballsy gal who never got married, since her Dad found the
guy she fell in love with too hip or something. In fact they both did not
get married. For others it was a bottle of liquor or something else. I think
for his little niece it was biscuits or something. He did these things in
his own quite way. The same for Hindus, and others but these woudl be given
away usually to beggars, and others.
Here is a book I did on my Dad's funeral. Its called, Ode to a Fragment of
Silence. It reads from right to left. I could not attend the funeral whcih
was ten years ago. Click on All Sizes and then Original.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/venantius/3080894258/in/set-72157607433652234/
Link to Oriiginal:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/venantius/3080894258/sizes/o/in/set-72157607433652234/
venantius j pinto
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:45:30 +0530
From: Antonio Menezes ac.mene...@gmail.com
Subject: [Goanet] Death in the family
When a member of a family expires (in konkani toh bhair podlo or toh
piddear zalo ) it
is undoubtedly a very sad occasion not only for the other family members
and for the
neighbourhood as well.
Amid general sadness there is a touch of humour. I believe our tiatrists
draw a lot of
inspiration from it. In poor families when a husband dies. his wife takes
to
''verse galta''.
when surrounded by other women from neighbourhood. The widow simply pours
out all
her emotions in a sing song session often in rhyme.A lot of secrets come
out much to
the astonishment of other women present. But the best I have ever heard was
one from a
widow from somewhat elite background who wailed over the dead body of her
husband
husband thus : ''Now that you are gone, Tony Joe darling who will open
whisky bottles ? ''
