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Rules And Regulations of the
temple of Xri Devi Xervani and Vetal, Salgao-vaddo, Advalpale.---I.

Project of Undertaking of the
temple Xri Devi Xervani and Vetal Salgaunkar of
Advolpale, Bicholim Taluka.

Chapter I: Institution of the Temple and of
the Membership.

Article 1The membership of the
temple Xri Devi Xervani and Vetal and its branches, of the village of
Advalpale form an Association constituting a juridical personality under the
present undertaking and other legal dispositions.
Para only one--- Besides the
temple Devi Xervani and Vetal which are principal ones, there are more
pertaining to the branch deity; Mahadeu, Ravalnata, Santeri, Damodar, Purmar,
Purvouns and Bhuleshvor. These temples as also the sanctuaries of Culapuruxas of
each of the five families known as Baap, Somanath, Matsar, Brahman and Balvouns
are situated in the neighbhourhood of the principal temples.
Art. 2The members of the said
temple are those male descendents of the original founder, the brammin( Gouda
Sarasvata), of surname Porobo Salgauncar, belonging to the same temple society, besides the said Porobo
Salgauncar, who is the principal, the brammins( Gouda Sarasvata) having surnames
Naique Salgauncar, Sinai
Salgauncar, Dondo Salgauncarand the non brammins of surname Petcar
Salgauncar.
Art 3The right to the membership
of the Association of the temple is hereditary inalienable and imprescriptible,
transmitting from generation to generation of the male descendents in direct
line and to adoptives taken in terms of the respective Code of the Habits and
Usages.
Para 2--- All the members of the
association of the Temple enjoy the equal rights and privileges excepting the
privileges indicated below.
Para 3The usual practice of the
members of the Association taking their seat on Choucos of the temple to the left of
the sanctuary should be observed, beginning from Porobo Salgauncar and the
members Petcares Salgauncares should take their seat to the right.
Art 4This commitment can be
altered in part or in total with previous consent of the association taken in
terms of law and with superior approval.
Art 5All the modification which
is made in future on the matter contained in the present undertaking shall be
considered as its integral part and shall be inserted in proper place either by
way of substitution or altered dispositions or by suppression of useless ones
and finally by adding all those that may be found necessary.
Art 6The offers in jewelry or in
article of certain value offered by the members of the association or any
devotee, not being required for the use of deities shall be sold annually in
public auction on the occasion of festivity of Zatra under legal formalities.
Their proceeds should be taken as income of the temple.
Para only oneThe fruits and
other perishable objects of small value shall be sold in auction immediately
after they are offered and their proceeds shall be taken as income of the
temple.
Art.7Each member of the
association at the time of his joining the membership shall pay a minimum
entrance fee of one rupee without which he shall not be admitted and this fee
shall be credited to the coffers of the temple. To be continued.
Fr. Nasacimento Mascarenhas.
Vasco da Gama,
15-05-2004

[saligaonet] saligao News





Saligao New: 

Sister Jolly Pereira F.M.C.K who 
till recently was the Pastoral Assistant at Saligao Church has been given a new 
assignment by her Provincial 
Superior . She will continue at Krist Raj Bhavan at Cotula, Saligao . In the 
mean time the Care taker of Saligao Church Mr. Alex is lending a helping hand to 
the office until a new person is chosen. The parishioners of Saligao thank Sr. 
Jolly for her dedicated service.

The Office Working Hours at 
Saligao Parish : Weekdays:- Morning 
9.00 a.m.-12.30 p.m.
( On Sundays  Holidays the 
office will remain closed), says the latest Parish Bulletin,  Mothers Call , 
Vol XX. No.5  6, May-June, 2004.

Fr. Sebastiao Eusico Lourenco 
Pereira is appointed Spiritual Director of Saligao Seminary while Fr. Domingos Pereira is appointed 
Prefect of Discipline in the same Seminary and have taken charge of their post on first June.

There are 73 students in the SSC 
in this Academic Year 2004-2005 at Lourdes Convent High School informs the 
Headmistress Sr. Lily F.M.C.K.

A ceremony of induction to Postulancy 
of the 5 aspirants will take place 
at Shanti Niketan , de Melo-vaddo, Arrarim, Saligao ( old residence of late Fr. 
Alberto Saldanha) , on 17th June, 2004. The Provincial Superior Sr. 
Mary Augustine, FHIC, of the Franciscan Hospittallier Sisters will be present 
for the ceremony. Sr. Soraiya Alemao FHIC is the Superior and Mistress of the 
aspirants at Shanti Niketan, Saligao.

[saligaonet] Pre-portuguese inhabitants of saligao their deities--IV

THE PRE-PORTUGUESE INHABITANTS OF SALIGAO AND THEIR DEITIES-IV.

The Hindu Mahajans.

It is interesting to note that  Gaud Saraswat Samaz Parichay Granth,
edited by Ravindra Patkar, gives the following information regarding
Sallganv Hindu Bhramins, except Petkars Sallgaokar ,of Saligao at Advalpal.
Besides the four mahajans , Porob Salgaokar, Naik Salgaokar, Sinai
Salgaokar( Parsekar) and Dhond Salgaokar( Gole), the book registers other
Hindu Brahmins with surnames like Azganvkar, Kogekar, Harolikar, Khattkhate,
Gole, Bakur, Modi, and Rashiwadakar. They are also Mahajans and they worship
Shri Xervani-Vetal at Advalpal as their  gram-deva( village deity) at
Salgao-vaddo. So we have 12 as total 'mahajans' in this book while the
Official Government Gazette, Goa of 3rd November, 1966 ,page 397 mentions
just the following five: Porob Salgaokar---54 members; Naique Salgaokar-130
members; Sinai Salgaokar-179 members; Dhond Salgaokar---111 members and
Petkar Salgaokar( Sudra)-333 members. As we have said before Petkar
Salgaokar were recognized as the 5th Vangor in the year 1966 only

By the Order of 13th October, 1966( Vide, Official Gazette of 3rd November,
1966, page 387), the Rules and Regulations of the Hindu Temple of Xri Devi
Xervani and Shri Vetal Salgaunkar of Advalpale, Bicholim Taluka comprising
of 24 sections was approved and signed by the Director of Civil
Administration Services The sanction accorded to the Rules  Regulations is
signed by G.K. Bhanot, Chief Secretary. So the Goa Government Gazette does
not say anything regarding the other mahajans mentioned in the Saraswat
Samaz Parichay Granth.

The Catalogue of mahajans of Porob, Naik, Siani, Dhondd and Petkar was also
approved by B.R. Basu, Collector and Director of Civil Administration dated
14th September, 1966( Vide, Official Gazette, op.  cit., p. 397)

12 Vangodd of Hindu Bhramins of Salgaovaddo at Advalpale according to the
Saraswat Samaz Parichay Granth are as follows:

Surname   Clan Sub-division  . Family Deity
Place.

1 Azganvkar   Vatsya Bardeshkar Vetal-Xervani   
Advalpale.

2 KogekarVatsya ,, ,,,   
 ,,   ,,

3. Khatkhte,, ,, 
,,

4. GolleKaundinya, Kashyap,,   ,,
   ,,

5 a) Dhondd  Kashyap   Kudaldeshkar   ,, 
  ,,

b) Dhondd( Goll) Kashyap Bardeshkar.,,   
   ,,

6) Naik-Salgaunkar  Bhardwaz ,, ,,   
,,

7)Prabhu-Salgaunkar  Vatsa   ,, ,,   
   ,,

8)Barkur  Bhradwaz,, 
,,  ,,

9Modi,,  ,,  
,, ,,

10 Rashwadekar  ,,  ,,   
  ,, ,,

11) Shenai-ParsekarVatsya  ,,  
,, ,,

12) Harollikar  Kursa,,  
,, ,,

N.B. Dhondd  are Brahmins from Kudal  known as Kuldalldeshkar wheareas
Dhondd (Goll) are Brahmins from Bardez. Besides, Kashyap and Varsa gotras
(clans) which are mentioned in the Konkanakyan, other gotras are Kaundinya,
Bhradwaz and Kutsa. One thing is clear that their main deity is Shri
Xervani-Vetal Salgaunkar with headquarters in Advalpale ( Vide, Gaud
Saraswat Samaz Parichay Grant( 1st edition)pp. 44 to 83)

Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas

Vasco da Gama, 14-04-2004.

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[saligaonet] Rules Regulations of the Templeof Xerv-II.





RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE 
TEMPLE OF XRI XERVANI-VETAL AT SALGAO-VADDO, ADVALPALEII.

CHAPTER II.
Art. 8The fund of the temple 
consists:
No. 1--- Immovable property; No.2Images; No3Jewelry, articles and 
utensils of cult; No.4-Other articles as per the inventory; no.5capital loan or 
to be loaned; and No.6The balance of administration;
Art 9The income of the temple 
consists in;
No.1Rent of the immovable 
property; No.2Taxes fixed for various cultural acts; No. 3Offers received from 
devotees and members of the temple; No.4--Admission fees paid by the members of 
the temple; No.5Fines imposed in terms of this undertaking and of the 
regulation of the Association, in force.
Art. 10---The safe of the temple 
with its fund shall be kept in an appropriate place in the building of the 
temple.
Art11- The application of the 
funds or of the capital collected in the treasury shall be made in terms of the 
regulation of the Association of the temple in force, preference being always 
given to those who offer greater and better guarantees.

CHAPTER III. Worship and Feasts 
of the Temple.
Art12The daily worship consists 
in celebrating the act of  Puja with formalities and ritual precepts and also 
with rules which are customary at present.
Para 1--- The principal act of 
Puja ( Mahani-veda) shall be done daily at mid-day by the respective Puzari( 
Minister who conducts the worship).

To be continued.
Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas, Vasco 
da Gama, 15-06-2004

[saligaonet] Rules and Regulations of the temple of Xervan-Vetal--III.

2004-06-15 Thread Nascimen

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
TEMPLE OF XERVANI-VETAL AT SALGAO-VADDO, ADVALPALEIII
CHAPTER IIIWorship and Feasts of
the Temple( continued)

Art. 13--- In the temple referred
to, the following feasts shall be celebrated:

No. 1On the 30th day
of the month of Kartika ( New Moon), the feast of Diuzachi Zatra will be
celebrated. On this festivity 45 pounds of coconut oil shall be brought and
distributed each time in the quantity of one quarter and a half to the members,
Porobo, Naique, Sinai and Dhond; and all the four Vangoreiros( families)shall
give oil that may have been distributed to them, to the servants of the temple
and the fifty portion consisting of one quarter shall be given each time to the
member Petcar who shall personally receive and light the lights before the
image of Balavouns, its Culapuruxa and the servants of the temple should do
likewise in respect to the Culapuruxa with the said 4 Brahmin families. After
this, they should light the light which is called Malen and which is placed on
top of Kamba after being touched by the owner-persons of five Vangoreiros.

No.2On the 3rd day of the month
of Margaxirsha( Xuddha Tritia)the festivity of Calo will be celebrated and on the day following this Goulancalo.

No-3After this and before the
11th day of the month
Margaxirsha, the festival of Maha
Khetra( immolation of goat) will be solemnized by any member Petcar Salgaocares
when shall be practicised all and privileges of each of the Vangoreiros, Porob,
Naique, Sinai, Dhond and Petcar Salgaocares together with other servants of the temple who have been enjoying these privileges
since long. Thereafter the religious ceremony of the Coula Prasad( Deupana)
shall be celebrated and after this that of Adkhetra, the latter by member Petcar
Salgaocares.

No 4On the 11th day
of Margaxirsha, the festivity of Palaqui of Xri Devi Xervani, should be
solemnized, the cost of which shall be borne by the Treasury of the temple.
Para 1On the occasion of the
procession of Palaqui, the Palaqui should be lifted and held by five members,
one of each Vangoreiros so that the
first four Vangoreiros should hold the Varal and the Vangor of the fifth
shall hold the feet( Khur).

No. 5On the 11th day
of full moon of the month of
Margaxirsha the festivity of the Palaqui of Xri Devi Xervani instituted by late Jaganata Visrama Sinai of
Ribandar,shall be solemnized, the cost of which is presently borne by the heirs
of Crisnanata Ananta Porobo Mambro of Aldona.

No.6On the 5th day of
the month of Falguna the procession of Palaqui of Vadadivassa of Xri Devi
Xervani shall be celebrated, which shall be solemnized particularly by Narana
Ananta Xetio of Ribandar, Ramachondra Mucunda Naique of Vengurla and Madeva
Zantio of Malvona.

No 7On the day of the full moon
of the month of Falguna the festivity of Holi shall be solemnized..
No. 8And before this day of full
moon of the month of Falguna the festivity of Khetra( immolation) will be
solemnized by member Petkar Salgaocares. To be
continued

Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas, Vasco
da Gama, 16-06-2004.

[saligaonet] Rules Regulations of the Temple of Xri Devi Xervani-Vetal--IV.

2004-06-16 Thread Nascimen

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
TEMPLE OF XRI DEVI XERVANI-VETAL, SALGAO-VADDO, ADVALPALEIV.

CHAPTER IV. Servants of the Temple and their
Duties.

Art.The servant staff of the
temple consists of Puzari( Brahmin Priests), dancing girls, mazgaocares,
marxelcares, vadcares, bhavinas, deulists and farazes( mhars) in conformity with
the disposition of para 2 of the present article. The right of the respective
servants is hereditary excepting that of puzari.

Para 1- The entire servant staff
is obliged to serve with the members of their families of the respective temples
and each one will execute faithfully the duties entrusted to them and shall not
absent without leave from the administrative body.

Para 2The obligations of each
one of the servants, the duty to perform in the temples and other solemn
occasions are given below and they should according to the category to which
they belong comply with the following:

No 1It is the duty of the
priest( pujari) to collect flowers and tulsis very early in the morning, take
bath, enter the sanctuary, dictate the Puja in Vedic terms preparing for the use
the rubbed sandalwood which should be used on images, to show lights to images
and also to burn incense, to perform at mid-day the Arthis and the sacrifice of
rice(nivedia) throwing on the images Montrapuspa and in the beginning of the
Puja to perform the Abhixeca of water. At night to perform the Dhuparata.

No 2It is the duty of the
dancing girls to sweep daily the ground to apply cowdung to the building of the
temple where necessary and to the Sobha-montopo, to wash the ground, to get the
seats by the five Vangoreiros( Porobo, Naique, Sinai, Dondo and Petkar
Salgauncares) on festive occasions, to sing and to dance on these occasions and
during processions enjoy their right of standing, in the first place the dancing
girls, mazgaocares in the second place, marxelcares and in the third place
vadcares. The duties referred to above
shall be performed by dancing girls according to the instructions given by the administrative
community observing the practice followed in the temple.

No 3It is the duty of the
bhavinas to keep ready and light daily the lights in the temple and to keep in
clean state the ground of the temples and the Sobha-montopo and to do all the
work that may be necessary in the temples as well as to execute other work which
they have been doing since long.

No 4It is the duty of the Deulis
to hold the Diuli on festive occasions and the distinctive flags and
abtanguir.

No 5It is the duty of the
farazes to ring the bell( noboto) in the morning and at sunset on all days in
both the principal temples and to do other work wich they have been performing
since long on festive occasions.

Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas, Vasco
da Gama, 18-06-2004.

[saligaonet] The present hindu community of saligao

Life In Saligao At the Moment And
The Present Hindu Community.
In most aspects, life in Saligao
has not change much. Though modernization has set in, it does not make itself
evident. The older generation still walk or cycle to the tintto or market
place with walking stick and hat, occasionally stopping to exchange a bit of
news or greetings with a fellow villager. In many ways it continues to be a
tight community, content to keep the village going amongst themselves with some
programmes or the other throughout the year.
Activities among the hindus are
centered around the new Sri Devi Xervani-Vetal temple and also at Sri
Datttawari ( Salmona) and Sri Lakshiminarayan ( Mudddavaddi) and Sri Vetal ( Molebhatt) Temples. Every year
the Hindus of the village keep 12th April as the birthday of Sri.
Xervani.
On the reconstructed temple Shri
Xervani-Vetal in Salmona, we read the following inscription in Marathi and is
translated as follows: May Goddess Xervani-Vetal bless us. The foundation laying ceremony of
this temple was performed on 3-8-1994 at the hands of Dr. Wilfred DSouza,
Honourable Chief Minister of the Government of Goa.

This re-constructed temple was
inaugurated on 12-4-1996. Prayers were offered from 10. 45 a.m. They were
attended by Mr. Anant. V. Petkar Salgaokar, the President of Devi- Xervani
Panchayatan Sounstha, Salganv-vaddo, Advalpale, Assonora, Goa, who would also run the affairs of the
reconstructed temple with its committee, Mr. Mohan Sinai Salgaokar, a Brahmin
member of the Sounsthan, Mr. Manohar Balagi Paynik of Asganv, representative of
the Saligao settlers hindu community and a sizeable crowd. The puja was
performed by a team of bhott( hindu priests)especially brought for this
occasion.
The inside of the temple is the
same pre-Portuguese original structure where one notices a Roin( white
ant-hill) covered with a roof. The structure in front of the temple in new. The
spot where the temple exists, according to Mr. Anant V. Petkar is called
Diulachem Batta. There is also a stage on temple premises. The date
12th April, 1996 is to be celebrated as the birthday of Sri Xervani
with big procession every year.
The temple was built with the help
of Dr. Wilfred D Souza and donations from worshippers.
The Deepa Stamba( lamp post) in front of
the temple was built by Shirodkar brothers on 18-2-1986 and donated to
Xervani-Vetal temple. They are worshippers of the temple. During my olden days
they used to have nataks( dramas) which continue at present in the proximity of
the various temples in Saligao . Hindu boys and girls frequent Mater Dei
Institute and Lourdes Convent and are an asset to these Institutions. They are
also members of the various football teams and Clubs like Saligao Sporting,
Adarsh Y.Sangh and Saligao United. Some of them still till the land. I was happy
to see some of my old hindu friends with boilanch gaddo and boilanchem zott
doing their rounds to gain their daily bread. With these gains we have
supported our families and build new houses said some of the hindu
bretheren.
Some villagers have even gone supplying
water from Saligao wells to various enterprising houses and creating problems in
the village. However this is
now partially solved due to
some good will. Building trust among the Christian-Hindu community is the aim of
the villagers. When will this happen?
Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas. Vasco
da Gama 21-06-2004

[saligaonet] Rules Regulations of the temple of Xri Devi Xervani-Vetal--V





RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE 
TEMPLE OF XRI DEVI XERVANI-VETAL AT SALGAO-VADDO, ADVAPALEV.
CHAPTER V--- In Respect of 
General Disposition.
Art.15--- The membership of the 
committee of temples is subject to the laws and regulations in force and to 
those in future may be promulgated and undertake to:
a) 
Contribute towards the fund of beneficiation in 
terms of law; and
b) b) 
make up for the want of income or better for the expenses made.
Art.16The salaries of the 
servants and other expenses of the Committee of the membership of the temple 
shall be regulated in accordance with the respective estimates duly formulated 
and approved.
Para 1--- The properties of the 
temple are those which are recorded in the inventory and the immovable 
properties which produce rent shall be given on lease or administered directly 
by the administrative committee in case of there being none to take on 
lease.
Art 17. It is prohibited for any 
person to enter inside any temple with covered feet, when drunk or an attitude 
or gesture of arranging conflicts or quarrels.
Art. ---18. It is prohibited to 
Puzari to solemnize any festivity or worship inclusive of  abhixeca, nivedia 
and to consult oracles without prior collection of the respective fee in the 
list attached to this undertaking. 
Art. 19--- The fines to which the 
present undertaking refers, shall 
not be inflicted without hearing the respective servant by the administrative 
committee.
Art. 20---The committee of the 
membership of the temple do not 
renounce the right to which by any form may have acquired to the 
movable or immovable properties, rights, shares, active debts which shall be 
considered as forming part of its patrimony.
Art. 21-The posts of management shall be exercised without 
any gratification by members of the temple. They are not obliged to undertake 
more than one post in the management.
Para one onlyThe administrative 
committee shall be composed possibly of members of all the vangores. However, in 
its composition, at least one member of the fifth vangor should be 
included..

Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas
Vasco da Gama, 18-06-2004.

[saligaonet] Rules regulations of the Temple of Sri. Devi Xervani-Vethal--VI





RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE 
TEMPLE OF XRI DEVI XERVANI-VETAL OF 
SALGAO-VADDO, ADVALPALEVI

CHAPTERVI: Regarding Penal 
Dispositions.

Art. 22--- The servants who do 
not comply with their duties shall not be paid during the time of their omission 
and they shall pay a fine of one to five rupees inflicted by the administrative 
committee in accordance with legal formalities.
Para only one--- In the face of 
recurrence, they shall be punished by the administrative committee with the 
suspension for the first time and for the second time, their services shall be 
terminated by the administrative body with prior consent of the committee of 
membership of the temple who should decide the issue even in an ordinary session 
of the Committee.
Art. 23--- The temple can be 
amalgamated with other similar temples when the majority of two thirds of the 
members listed in the list so desire and this should be decided in a meeting 
specially convened for this purpose.
Art 24In case of dissolution or 
extinction of the temple, its possession shall be disposed off according to the 
decision the membership committee gives. However, they should preferably be made 
over to other temples of the village of Advolpale.
The fees referred to in Art. 
18:
Festivity or Worship. To the 
temple treasury.To the temple 
priest 
Total
Nivedia.Rs.0..25 
..Rs.0.31Rs.0.56.
AbixecaRs.0.12Rs.0.25Rs.0.37.
Sthal nivedia.0.50 
Rs.1.25Rs.1.75.
RudrabhixecaRs0.25 
Rs.0.37Rs.0.62.
EcadashiRs.0.12 
Rs.0.25.Rs.0.37.
AvatanRs.0.13 Rs.0.12.Rs. 
0.12.
PavamanabhixecaRs.0.3Rs.0.75..Rs.1.12
LagurudraRs.0.75Rs4.00Rs.4.75.
NavachandiSimpleRs.2.50Rs.10.00Rs..12.50 
Navachandi( Sapallavi)Rs.5.00 Rs.20.00Rs.25.00
Maharudra 
Rs.6.00Rs.55.00 Rs.61.00
Laguvishnum 
Rs.1.50Rs.8..00 Rs.9.50
MahavishnumRs.6.00Rs.70.00.. 
Rs.76.00.
Brahaman(each)Rs.0.13..Rs.0.31Rs.0.44
Satianarayan Puja.Rs. 1.50 
.Rs.0.00Rs.1.50
Onti..Rs. 
0.25Rs.0.00..Rs.0.25
Lagna-muja ..Rs. 
1.00...Rs.0.00..Rs.1.00
Bramane 
SuasiniRs.0.25.Rs.0.62Rs.0.25
Saptaha.Rs.0.50Rs.0.00.Rs. 0.50
OraculosRs. 
0.12Rs.0.00...Rs.0.12.
Tula-BharRs.1,50Rs.0.00..Rs.1.50.

Para 1. The proceeds of the 
tulabhar being of gold, silver, copper and say other metal so also sandal, 
camphor and other articles of this nature shall belong to the treasury of the 
temple and the articles such as sugar, jaggery, coconut shall belong to the 
priest of the temple.
Para. 2. The present list can be 
altered by the administrative body after prior hearing of the membership of the 
Committee of the temple in an ordinary session and with superior approval so 
long as the fees altered shall be published in the Government Gazette before 
they are put in force.
List of Mahajans;
Porob Salgaokar54 members; 
Naique Salgaocar130 members; Sinai Salgaokar..179 members; Dondo Salgaocar111 
members; Petcar Salgaocar--- 333 members.
Though I have the list of the 
names of members of all the five vangodd( hindu), I am just given above, the 
number of respective members.
These Rules and Regulations have 
been approved by B.R.Basu, Collector and Director of civil Administration. 
Panjim, 14th September, 1966.

Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas
Vasco da Gama, 20-06-2004.

[saligaonet] 26th June-Saligao news

June 26-Saligao news.

- Sowing activity in Saligao is
in full swing. Ex-sarpanch Mr. Hipolito da Silva from Mudddavaddi and a farmer himself by profession, told
me a few days back, that he keeps fit himself by ploughing the fields and
expects a good harvest this time as the weatherman as predicted normal rains in
Goa.

-The European Cup football
matches has also gripped
salganvkars. Saligao having produced numerous quality football players ,
the matches played in Portugal in these days and brought live by ESPN and other sports channels have given a
chance for the footballers to learn
a few lessons and tricks .There is
also joyful atmosphere
attinttoand lots of our folks are seen exchanging views on the European
Tournament .Portugal has already for the semi-finals The major upset was the
stunning defeat of France by Greece in the other quarter-finals this
morning.

-The Christian Community begins to-day
the devotion of the 15 Saturdays with mass and meditation on the mysteries of
Our Lord. This is an old age devotion in Goa.

Saligao Seminary had 89% results
in the SSC this year. The new academic year 2004-2005 began at the Seminary on
13th June. Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao celebrated the mass along
with the staff and later presided over the re-opening of the new scholastic
year. Fr. Avinash Rebelo, the Rector welcomed the staff and students and Archbishop also
spoke sharing his views on Seminary Life and Spirituality The programme also had few musical and
choral items. There are 100 seminarians at the Seminary of Our Lady and another
40 in Seminary Nivas-Mapusa, a branch of Saligao Seminary.

Fr. Nascimento
Mascarenhas

[saligaonet] Remembering Sam Juanv Late C.Alvares

REMEMBERING SAM JUANV
LATE C. ALVARESI .

The feast of Sao
Joao celebrated on 24th June, was earlier called Zanvianche Fest,
the feast of sons-in-law. It was held virtually in every village,first by taking
part in the solemn mass in the local Church( during our young age the feast was
preceded by a fast)and boys wearing
colourful wreathes and jumping in the wells. Aurora Maria Couto in he latest
book Goa A Daughters Story says this feast coincides with a period in the hindu
calendar when the newly married
hindu girl is brought back to her parental home, with sexual relations restored
only when her husband comes to take her back. The monsoon season appears to be
considered inauspicious even to conceive new life. The Catholic celebration has
adopted this practice in its own way; the newly married couple is invited to the
home of the girls parents; the sons-in-law of the village wear a crown of
leaves and are taken to the well where they are dared to jump in. If they
hesitate, they are pushed in: a sort of unwilling separation from the wife.
There are myths and explanations for this celebration. One of them relates to
St. John to the jumping in joy in his mothers womb, which is symbolized by the
well; another relates to the baptism of St. John in the river Jordan. The fact
remains that fertility, a reluctant stoppage of sexual relations and a joyful
reunion are commemorated in this feast that heralds the seeding time of the
monsoon. This feast have a special flavour in the riverine life of some
villages like Siolim, Candolim, Ribandar etc.where they rig up a sangodd, a
platform of boats on which groups sing songs.
During our
younger days on 24th June around noon-time, we lads of
Tabavaddo-Mollebhatt went round the wells of the wards accompanying the sons-in-law and singing joyfully
some rhymes like Sam Juanv Konkari Buddhegele( or instead of Buddhugele, the name or nickname of the household
was invoked) Baint Re Natali, Sam
Juanv Konkari Budhugele Baint Re Natali
and finally calling the name Sao Juanv we then jumped in the well. This
Buddugeli baim in Mollebhatt, Donddachi baim in Donvaddo etc were the famous
wells where young ones learnt there
to swim and the thrill and joy it gave to the swimmers as well as on-lookers and
helpers with ropes, all this, our good friend Annette DSouza so beautifully described earlier in one of her postings Every
family in the ward then distributed jackfruits or fernadino or malghues mangoes
to all and and goan milk, naka
sokoilem to the elders.
Boys did jump, this year, in the wells in
Saligao and Don-vaddo pond to keep up the tradition and the saligao spirit in
motion just shouting Sam Juanv.
However the
song Sam Juanvcho Dhobazo that is on everyones lips on Sam Juanv Day, in Goa,
is the one composed by none other than our famous Saligao Konkani Duet King ,
the late C.( Celestino ) Alvares Party .Through the singing of this song
which is broadcast on Radio every year, the traditional feast of Sam Juanv is
kept alive till this day. Viva Sam Juanv. to be continued
Fr. Nascimento
Mascarenhas,Vasco
da Gama, 25-06-2004.

[saligaonet] Remembering Sam Juanv late C. Alvares-II

REMEMBERING SAM JUANV LATE C.
ALVARES.II.

We in the Rectory of St. Andrews celebrated the
feast of the birth of St. John the Baptist in our own way. It was the birthday
of Fr. Jean Ruby da Cruz Fernandes who from June1999 to May 2002 was Professor
of Saligao Seminary and since June 2002 transferred to S. Andrew, Vasco and is
with us and we did the Sam Juanv in our own way with jumps and song by C.Alvares
and party. As we said yesterday the song is entitled Sam Juanvcho Dhobazo.

I -Ami sogle
zanvuim vortotanv, chodd tempan bhettleanv,
Sam
Juanvchem fest mhunnon ami, mavoddea pavleanv
Matheak him
kopelam ghalun, udok nhavunk bhair sorleanv
Aizchea disa
ami vhoddle, nokonv khuim pavleanv.

Chorus: Sam
Juanv, Sam Juanv ghunta mhure, vatt amkam disonam
Aicho dis
hurbecho konn konnak hansonam
Chol-re,
pie-re, tumvui illo gher-re, faliam kaim mevonam
Oslim festam
vorsant voros don pautti ienam.

II- Zanvuim
ami mavoddea ailent mhunn, vaddeant boball poddla,
Mhojea
sasupain baba ek kolso soro haddla.
Tin
kuddvamchi sannam keleant, ani vhoddlo dukor marla,
Sezarchea
Konsu mannan ponnos dhaddla.

Repeat the
chorus.

III-
Vhoddilanchea kaiddea pormonnem, udok nhatanv bainchem
Khoddegantt
fest hem amchem mavoddechem
Pondra dis
halche nhoi, borench ami pieuchem
Chol-le
poilo Sam Juanv korum-ia( nanvum-ia), tem maguir pollounchem.

Repeat the
chorus.

In Saligao
the feast of Sam Juanv is organized as a community event in which Hindus and majority Christians contribute
to make it a joyful celebration of ancient traditions.
Fr.
Nascimento Mascarenhas,Vasco
da Gama, 26-06-2004

[saligaonet] June 27-Saligao news

27th June-Saligao
News.

--Catechetical Activity in
Saligao Church began last Sunday, 20th June, and a good number of
young boys and girls attend the Catechism classes. `Trained teachers impart
religious knowledge , relate faith to life experiences and sow His seeds in the
hearts of others. At the same time they are willing to be continual learners and teach with love,
humility and commitment, says the in-charge of the Sunday School.

--Fr. Simon Fernandes, Prefect of
the Seminary of Saligao is celebrating the 7 a.m. mass at Capela de Nossa
Senhora do Rosario, at Grande Morod
and 8.15 a.m. mass at Capela de Santa Ana to the ward people of
Mudddavaddi, Don-vaddo and Tabravaddo-Mollebhatt.

--Fr. Eusico Pereira, the
Spiritual Director of Saligao Seminary says the anticipated Sunday mass every
Saturday at Capela de Santo Caetano, Arrarim at 5.30.p.m.
The priests at saligao seminary
also serve the needs of the local convents like Shanti Niketan at de Mello-vaddo
, in Arrarim, Lourdes Convent in Sonarbhatt , Krist Raj Bhavan and Mae de Deus
Aged Home , both in Cotula

-- Fr. Savio Leonardo de Menino
Cyrene Viegas from Velim, the tallest priest in the Archdiocese of Goa and
Prefect of Saligao Seminary for a couple of years is been transferred as
Parochial Administrator of Immaculate Conception Church, Betul
Sr. Brigida Fernandes S.F.N from
Borim, Sr. Joaquina Dias, S.F.N.from Velsao, Sr. Emma Rebello S.F.N from Sao
Jose de Areal who served in the Seminary of Our Lady, Saligao-Pilerne for a year and belonging to the
Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth-Sancoale are also
transferred.

--Ayurvedic Natural Health
Center, Pequeno Morodd Saligao, has a mission;
To promote the harmony between
nature and man by striking the correct balance between the body , mind and
soul.
To provide cure and comfort to
ailing individuals through Ayurvedic and natural Systems.

Visit the Ayurvedic Centre for a
free guided tour between 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., Monday to Saturday and the
center will be most pleased to welcome you with a Herbal Drink,.says the latest
brochure.
Fr. Nascimento
Mascarenhas

[saligaonet] Astuteness of a saligaukar





 
THE ASTUTENESS OF A SALIGAUNKAR.

Nonagenarian Professor Eduardo de 
Sousa who lives in the village of Pilerne is a ganvkar of Saligao. He belongs to 
the 9th Vangodd of the Comunidade de Saligao. I came to know him in 1990. He is 
short of 4 years to hit a century and still going strong. He is a great writer 
of many fictional stories and they have appeared in many dailies and 
periodicals. He is at easy writing and telling stories in konkani, english, 
portuguese etc and is a walking 
encyclopedia. A few months back he sent me his book From Goa With Love, a 
magnum opus of Goan greatness 
Dr.Leo Rebello who has written the foreword for this book relates the 
story of Prof. Eduardo de Sousa 
He was 93 years old when he went 
to the doctor to get a physical examination. A few days later, the doctor saw 
the man walking down the street with a gorgeous young lady on his arm. A couple 
of days later, when the ever-green young man visited the doctor again the doc 
quipped,  you are really doing great, is it not?. The man replied,  Just doing 
what you said doctor,  Get a hot mamma and be cheerful   The doctor replied  
I did not say that. I said you got a heart murmur. Be careful, Touchwood, 
Prof. Eduardo does not have a heart murmur because he has learnt not to murmur 
in life, concludes Rebello

Now two stories of Saligaunkars as written by Professor 
Eduardo in his book.

1- Saligaunkars 
are proud to be referred to as  Kole. To show their astuteness, I am relating 
a fact.
A 
Saligaunkar had a big shop of leather articles, including shoes. When he 
went abroad he came across some shoes of different kinds and shapes, very cheap. 
So he bought dozens of them. To avoid customs duty he made two different 
parcels: one of right leg shoes only, and the other of left feet. When the 
parcels reached Panjim they were not claimed.
After some time they were 
auctioned. None of the shoe merchants present, bargained, because they were 
useless. The cunning 
Saligaunkar bought the parcel in auction for a song, through one of his 
friends, deceiving the customs by his cleverness.

2- During the month of May, the 
Gaunkars of the Communidades go to the respective clerk to write their names, 
to get the zonn( divident) of the year. As a Gaunkar of Saligao, I went last 
Sunday to the Communidades building to write my name. The clerk was not present. 
So I asked a person present there, where to meet him. He told me to go to the 
house of the director of a Company nearby, and telephone. When I entered the 
house of the director, a pretty thing there asked me the reason for meeting the 
director. I told her the reason for wishing to meet the director. She smiled and 
told me to sit and wait for fifteen minutes, because the  directory was taking 
bath and the  director was out!
 Compiled by Fr. Nascimento 
Mascarenhas
 Vasco da Gama, 
27-06-2004.

[saligaonet] Franciscan Obsevant Priests in Bardez

2004-06-27 Thread Nascimen

THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRANCISCAN
OBSERVANTS PRIESTS IN BARDEZ

The coming of the Franciscan
Observant Priests in Bardez around 1555, led them in search for new conversions to the fold of
Christianity and so having gained sufficient ground in Reis Magos( Verem) and
Candolim, they next glanced at Nagoa de Bardez. In this village they set their
foot in 1560 and began evangelizing in the neighbhouring villages of Oxel,
Siolim, Anjuna-Assagao, Parra and Saligao. At that time the Rectorateor Parish
of Nagoa with the above mentioned villages formed an extensive parish in the
whole of Bardez. Subsequently the following villages became independent
parishes, Siolim in 1568, Anjuna in 1603, Parra in 1649 and Oxel in 1661.Assagao
was an affiliated part of the
parish of Anjuna which had a chapel. It was built in 1775 and it became a Parish
Church in 1813. Finally Saligao was dismembered from the parish of Nagoa and
became a parish on 26-11-1873, the neo-gothic Church being built by the
Comunidade de Saligao.
Nagoa has Arpora an independent
communidade, with part of Baga annexed to it at the moment..
Frei Paulo da Trindade O.F.M(
1570-1651)who wrote about the History of Franciscans in India, gives the
following description of the Rectorate of Nagoa :
Opposite( Calangute) we have a
church of the Blessed Trinity which was the first Church we founded after the
one of the Magi. For this reason there are many Christians there: 3357 who go to
Confession, 100 Communicants and 837 children. Four villages( a number had developed
into parishes by the time Paulo de Trindade composed his chronicle) are under
its jurisdiction: Nagoa, where the church was constructed, Parra, Arpora and
Saligao, which is one of the principal villages and very large, entirely
inhabited by Brahmins, who have all been converted so that very few or hardly
any pagan(sic) are left..( Vide, Meersman, Fr. Achilles, O.F.M. The Ancient
Franciscan Provinces In India, 1971, Bangalore, p.107).
The great goan Church historian,
the late Msgr. Canon Francisco Xavier Gomes Catao states that by 1636 the whole
village of Saligao was Christianised. Those hindus who did not want to convert
fled from the village of Salgaum with their deities and fixed themselves in
Salgao-vaddo, Advalpale, in the XVI century ( Vide, Souvenir of Mãe de Deus,
1873-1973, as well as the Official Gazette, 3rd November,
1966,Panjim, Goa, p. 1).

Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas.
Vasco da Gama
28-06-2004.

[saligaonet] June 28-Saligao news.

2004-06-27 Thread Nascimen





28 June- Saligao News

.--Sr Tereza Pereira , F.M.C.K is 
the new Eucharistic minister at St. Annes chapel replacing Sr. Lily F.M.C.K who 
will be the Eucharistic minister at Mae de Deus Church
Sr. Lily also joins as member 
of the Pastoral Parish 
Council-Saligao.

--Ex-Student Association of 
Lourdes Convent has chosen a new Committee :
President: Sr. Lily F.M.C.K.the 
Headmistress
Vice-president: Ms. Fatima 
DCruz.
Secretary: Ms. Dhanuska 
DGama
Treasurer:Ms. Stepnie 
DSouza.

--The Ayurvedic Natural Health 
Centre( ANHC) is under the expert supervision of 5 Ayurvedic Physicians 
including 4 lady doctors. The whole team is headed by Dr. Swarup Satardekar from 
Vasco-da- Gama. She is the Chief 
Medical Officer at ANHC. The team of doctors have undergone a Doctorate of five 
years and half and are Bachelors of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery.
ANHC has a team of 25 trained 
Therapists( male and female) who have undergone special training for 
administering treatment to International Tourists. Most of the therapists hail 
from traditional Ayurvedic Family.
Mr. Bruno Fernandes from Aldona 
is the Managing Director of ANHC-Saligao.

--- Mater Dei Institution- Saligao, a matchless seat of learning, 
was founded by Mr. Anacleto F.X. Lobo as far back as in 1909. It celebrated its 
platinum jubilee in 1984 and will be crossing the landmark century in roughly 
five years from now. In July the school celebrates every year the Founders Day. 
Ms Cleta Lobo is the Principal From 
1992 the school is affiliated to the Delhi Board

Fr. Nascimento 
Mascarenhas

[saligaonet] July 2-Saligao News

2004-07-02 Thread Nascimen

2nd July-Saligao News.

---Konkani Plaque of Amchea Bapa
in Jerusalem. A friend of mine who
is working in Israel phoned this afternoon ( my phone that was out of order for almost
4 days has been restored due to kind help from Mr. Daniel DSousa) and conveyed me the news that he saw a
plaque with Amchea Bapa written in Roman Konkani in a Jerusalem Church and
said it was a very happy and
nostalgic moment in his life. However he was ignorant of the person who placed
it there and may be some Saligaonetters also may not know anyting about this
slab.
The Lords Prayer, Amchea Bapa,
in Roman Script inscribed on a ceramic plaque was an endeavour undertaken by
Mrs. Marie Dantas along with her husband Mr.Victor Dantas from Saligao but
residing in Croydon, London. After two years of correspondence, consultation and
fund raising, the plaque was finally placed on 30th June,2000,in the
Pater Noster Church.---the Church of Nations at Jerusalem. This Church is
erected at the spot where Christ is said to have taught the Our Father prayer
to his Apostles. The Church had set aside space along the garden wall for
interested Communities to have the Our Father inscribed on a ceramic
plaque(slab) in their own language. At the time of Dantas visit to Jerusalem ,
98 plaques had been put up by various communities in 72 languages. One was found
to be in Mangalore Konkani, using the Kanada script. On May 7th, 1995
Mr Victor Marie Dantas and their children had celebrated the Mae de Deus
feast at Saligao.

-Rachol Seminary Students are
doing their Home Regency at late Professora Filomena de Souza( Bekeriger) house,
near St. Annes Chapel, Saligao. The following 7 Brothers are staying there and
attending St. Xaviers College, Mapusa as well as doing the week-end Ministries
in various parishes in Goa. They are:
1.Bro. Joao Francisco Coelho from
Arambol.
2.Bro. Avinash Fernandes from
Paroda.
3. Bro. Macson Fernandes from
Ambelim( Assolna).
4. Bro. Michael Fernandes from
Benaulim.
5. Bro. Casmiro Salvador Mendes
from Penha de Franca.
6. Bro. Mathew Rebelo from
Navelim. and
7.Bro. Alban Vales from Paroda.

Seminarians Peter Royston DSouza
from Mudddavaddi and Judas Fernandes from Cotula are both students of Minor
Seminary of Saligao and both are in Std IX.
Bro Leslie Rego from Mollebhatt is
currently doing the 3rd Year of theology at Major Seminary at Rachol . These two Institutions are
Diocesan Seminaries of the Archdiocese of Goa Daman.

Fr. Nascimento
Mascarenhas

[saligaonet] 3rd July Saligao News.

2004-07-03 Thread Nascimen

3rd JulySaligao
News.
--Saturday,3rd July.
Death. Antonio Santana Costa( Born
on 28-05-1920) from Pequeno Morod, Saligao died peacefully on 29th
June, 2000. Beloved husband of late Maria Magdelina da Costa. Loving Father/
Father-in-law of Vincent/ Joanita, Florence Caitan/ Assula, Agnelo/Atala.
Loving Grand-father of Clarence, Vinella, Hubert, Genevieve, Brendon, Abigail
Alson. Brother of Gregory, Rosy, late Trinidade, late Xavier( Sacru), late
Mariano late Carmeline
Funeral cortege will leave his residence at Pequeno Morod, Saligao, on
3rd July 2004( TODAY) at 3.45 p.m., for Mae de Deus Church, Saligao
for mass and Burial
. As a mark of respect to the
departed soul FLORENYINE Bar Restaurant will remain closed up to
12/07/2004 ( NH).

- New Teachers at Lourdes Convent
High School, Saligao: Sr. Philomena Rodrigues,F.M.C.K. better known as Sr. Flory
and Mr. Sanjyot Dalal-Konknni Teacher;
Temporary Teachers: Rivita
Fernandes and Rinu Fernandes.

-St. Rocks Youth Club , Majorda
edged out United Saligao S.C 6-5- via tie-breaker to move into
Quarter Finals of the McDowells Bandodkar Memorial foot-ball tournament,
organized by Baina Sports Club at MPT grounds, Vasco( H).

-Archbishop Filipe Neri
Ferrao has exhorted the faithful to
make room for the less fortunate
and the marginalized in the Communities. Adressing the Franciscan Missionaries
of Christ the King and faithful at
Cavelossim , a few days back, on
the occasion of the blessing of the oratory of Prem- Dan ( Gift of Love), the
Archbishop said: The Holy Father
challenges us to make our communities, houses and schools of communion We should make room for others in our
hearts and in our communities. Also our life of witness is important , the
Prelate emphasized .Praising the F.M.C.K. nuns, he said the Sisters live their
religious life not for themselves but for others.
Sr. Celine Coelho F.M.C.K from Cotula ,Saligao is the Superior of
Prem-Dan to which the Postulancy under Sr. Alexia, F.M.C.K and ASRO,
the Hospital for Aids patients are attached.

Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas.

Re: [saligaonet] San Joao in Abu Dhabi

2004-07-03 Thread Nascimen

Dear Zelma,
It was very nice to have shared with us the feast
of Sao Joao in Abu Dhabiwith other three families and made children and
adults quite happy. You and Perviz are quite creative. Congrats! and keep the
spirit going.
In our young days some of the Church and village
festivals were invested with unique traditions and ceremonies. On the eve of the
feast of John the Baptist( 23rd June) was celebrated with great enthusiasm by
the village youth. In each vaddo the boys put together a " Judeu", a strawman
dressed in cast-off clothes. It symbolised Judas the traitor. The effigy was
carried round the vaddo by the boys who lustily repeated a chorus which said
that Saint John who paved the way for the Messiah was great as hills, Judas the
betrayer was nothing better than ash.
After the sunset a bonfire was lit, the effigy of
Judeu was severely beaten and thrown in the fire to be reduced to ashes in a
great blaze.
In Saligao there was a Society of Priests known as
Society of St. Peter. It almost began when Our Church of Saligao was innaugurate
in the year 1873 and continued till the year Rev. Father Natividade de Souza was
the Vicar of Saligao and lateFr. Albert Saldanha was Secretary and each year a
priest was chosen the previous year to celebrate it on 29th of June with
solemnityin the Saligao Church and a yearly meeting of all
Saligao priests on previous day of the feast washeld in the Church
premises or hall. Some priests jumped in the well of the Church and later on
took part in the Agape. For this feast all priests from
saligaoworking in Goaand other parts of India and even
overseas used to come. They also had common breviaryprayer said all
together in the Church followed by theOffice of the dead for souls of the
priests and so on.They passed all the day in the Church and exchanged views adn
greetings and shared their experiencesI The feastwas closed
afterI became priests and had no chance to bethe priest President.
Some day I will write about this interesting Society of St. Peter of
Saligao.That day was called SAO JOAO of Priestsby thePeople.
All this is gone...gone...gone.
I hope you have received my previous
e-mail
Loves to Perviz and prayers for you and family.
Fr.Nascimento Mascarenhas.

- Original Message -
From:
Zelma G
DeSouza
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 4:22
PM
Subject: Re: [saligaonet] San Joao in Abu
Dhabi
Hello Saligaokars,
Belated Happy San Joao !!! Saw
couple of emails from Annette and news on the Goanet email too wishing
everyone. So I decided to share a
few things we did at home last thursday on San Joao. Since it was a Thursday, weekend here, Perviz and
myself decided to have some fun. We invited three families over with kids and all we told them was make
sure you have a change of clothes
for the children. The rest was a surprise. We got one of those artificial pools, a fairly large
one for about 5 kids in the age group of 2 -8 years to fit in.
We placed it in our bathroom along with
some tall plants around it and filled it with water. Perviz got some colourful
plastic garlands and made crowns
for the children ( Kopel) and some for them to put around their necks.
All the families then gathered around the altar, we said a short prayer ( kids were very excited
by this time) and sang the San Joao Song after that. Perviz passed
around in the traditional way a
small little glass with some feni, and everybody said Viva San Joa !!!
as the feni went down their throats. The kids by this time were too excited for words and we
gave them the green signal to JUMP !!! And there they were spalshing around in
the pool, looking so cute with all
the colourful flowers around them. The youngest child in there was 2 years old and the oldest, my son 8
years. We taught them the first two lines of the San Joao song and they kept
singing it as as they splashed
around. The food we cooked for
dinner was..Red rice, prawn curry with mango, Kismor,
temperada, Pork Vindalho, Gram Ross (curry - Hindu Style), cutlets
and of course the feni bottle made its
rounds. We also had a sing song session with Perviz playing the
'Ghumat' and my daughter slapping the 'Tambourine' on her thigh. Heh ! I did the Dhekni too,
from my good old folk dancing days. We had some karokhe music later and to top it all finally, we had the
Football Fever on, with England and Portugal playing, so everyone was shouting, Viva San Joao !!! Viva
Portugal !!! We had a great
evening, all the four families, including us and all our kids. I wished I was
in Goa that evening. That's
all folks, Regards to all my
Gaobhav's and Ghavbhoins and all your respective families.
Zelma De Souza Abu Dhabi

[saligaonet] july4-Saligao News

2004-07-03 Thread Nascimen





July 4-Saligao News.
Death--- Mrs. Palmira Ferrao from 
Aldona, mother of Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao, died on 3rd July , 
2004. Her funeral will be in her native place on 4th July, at 4 p.m. Archbishop 
Filipe Neri Ferrao had been the student of Saligao Seminary from June1963 to May 1969 and then 
Prefect and Professor from June 1984 to May 1986. 

--- Three Sisters belonging to 
the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth( S.F.N), Sancoale 
have been appointed to Saligao Seminary. Recently they have taken charge of 
their posts: Sr. Benigna Monteiro from Santo Estevao. She is in charge of Stores 
and Marketing; Sr. Abina Cardozo from Cananguinim, in charge of the House and 
Sr. Lavita Fernandes from Agonda in charge of Post-Office and Office work.
Ms. Michelle Dias from Reis Magos 
is the Receptionist.
Chief Cook Mr. Tony DCosta from 
Mudda-davaddi, Saligao  Mr. Martin Fernandes from Pilernehelper in the 
kitchen.
Marcos Ekka and Habil Lakdha both 
from Bihar to serve the seminarians.
Table-boy of Fathers 
refectory--- Chaitan Khalalkho from Chatisghard.
Shivnat Kalkho is the gardener 
while Michael Lakra is the peon and Sukhsai Kaka ,the 
sweeper.Lazarus Tirki to see to 
property matters and the driver is Silvano Kaka all from Bihar All of them are 
Catholics.

-The Staff of the Seminary of 
Saligao.( 2004-2005)
Fr. Avinash Rebelo from Pagifond, 
Margao is the Rector and Professor; 
Fr.Joe Fernandes from Velim, 
residing at Dramapur- Headmaster  Professor.
Fr. Agnelo Fernandes from 
Velim-Professor  Prefect
Fr. Lawrence Mascarenhas 
originally from Aldona , residing in BainaProfessor external). He is the Parish 
Priest of Pilerne Church.
Fr. Eusico Pereira from Chimbel, 
Spiritual Director. He also teaches.
Fr. Jaime Couto from Ucassaim, 
Professor.
Lay Professors: Mr. Cursino Pinho 
from Mapusa; Mr. D.B.Naik from Corjuem, Aldona and Mr. Francisco Coelho from 
Moira; Mr. Anthony Rodrigues--- P.T. master from Aldona; Mr. Gupta from Saligao, 
originally from Agra teaches Yoga, Horticulture, Cooking etc. 
Prefects: Fr. Olavo Caiado from 
Carambolim; Fr. Domingos Pereira from Santa Inez; and Fr. Simon Fernandes from 
Tilamola.

--The students are housed in four 
divisions under the Protection of Saints.
1. Blessed Joseph Vaz---19 boys 
of Orientation Course- 
Prefect- Fr. Fr. Agnelo Fds.
2.St. Aloysius Gonzaga--- 21 boys 
of Std VIII-Prefect Fr. Simon 
Fds.
3. St. Tereza of Child Jesus--33 
boys of Std. IX- Prefect-Fr. 
Domingos Pereira
4.St. Joseph, 27 boys of Std X.- Prefect. Fr. Olavo Caiado

Fr. Nascimento 
Mascarenhas.

[saligaonet] Communidade de Saligao-II

2004-07-04 Thread Nascimen





 
The Communidade de Saligao-II
We are still writing on the 
background relating to our Communidades. We said that the Goan population 
descended from 4 races. Yesterday we 
dealt on the three races the Negritos, Proto-Australoids and the 
Dravidians. Today we are dealing with yet another race called the Aryans. This 
race probably is more close to Sallganvkars( Saugaunkars, or Salgaokars, Saligaokars).
 The Aryans , the last to arrive 
around 2500 BC and the most martial of our races, subdued the others. They 
originated possibly from the banks of the Dnieper in what is today Russia. On 
arrival in India they added a fourth class to their social structure of three 
classesBrahmin, Kshatriya and Vaishya---that of Sudras. This became the caste 
system of India. Jose Pereira who 
is a student of Sanskrit and whose work includes a scholarly treatise on the 
Konkani language, write lucidly in  Song of Goa about Sanskrit, the language 
of the Aryans phenomenally rich in words and shades of meaningthe preeminent 
cultural speech of the subcontinent through most of its history, and the vehicle 
of its greatest literary and theological _expression_.
The history of ancient Goa is 
that of contests for power: a succession of dynasties warred among themselves. 
The loser carried on administration as a feudatory. The Satavahana dynasty ruled 
in the Deccan around 2nd century BC and annexed Konkan, including the 
territory held by the Bhojas in Goa. However, they intermarried, leaving the 
Bhojas free to administer their lands as feudatories. The Satavahanas escorted 
foreign ships to Broach. Coins found at Chandrapur, modern Chandor in the taluka 
of Salcete, suggest the ancient commercial glory of this city of the Bhojas. 
With the fall of the Satavahanas in the 4th century AD sea borne 
trade diminished . It was restored by the Badami Chalukyas during 
the 7th century.
The Aryanization of Goa began 
under the Mauryas. The Girnar rock edicts of Ashoka refer to a people known as 
Pettnikas, Rashtrikas and Bhojas who had settled down in the semi-independent 
kingdoms on the southern boarder of the Mauryan Empire in Deccan and the Konkan 
coast. According to Puranic tradition, the Bhojas belonged to the subdivision of 
Yadavas of the Aryan race of Kaikeyas in the 3rd century BC during 
Ashokas reign. In post-Vedic Sanskrit literature they figure as a clan of 
rulers. Although originally governed by the tribal constitution in which 
authority was vested in the chosen representatives, these selected leaders 
appear to have eventually become hereditary rulers.
The thirteenth edict reveals that 
these peoples observed Ashokan instructions on morality. The earliest known 
record of a Bhoja ruler in Goa, King Devraj, was found in South Goa at Siroda. 
Issued from Chandrapur, this plate dates back to the 3rd and 
4th century AD. Written in the Southern Brahmi, it has the royal 
emblem of the elephant. It records the grant of tolls to two Brahmins, 
Govindswami and Indraswami, of Bhardwaj gotra, along with a house and some 
pasture land for cows. The Bhoja rulers of Chandrapur appear to have controlled 
the area on the west coast beyond Goa. Records of grants by Bhoja kings have 
been found in the Ponda taluka and in the areas of the Konkan further north and 
south of Goa ( 2).. to be continued
Compiled by Fr. Nascimento 
Mascarenhas.
Vasco da Gama
04-07-2004.

[saligaonet] Communidade de Saligao--IV

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Communidade de SaligaoIV.

We have read in the last posting that 
Plates of the Konkan Maurya king Anirjitavarman belonging to the 
sixth or seventh centuries after Christ have been found at Bandora. They concern 
the ownership of the land by an unnamed Rashtrakuta; the area is distinctively 
named Kumarzuem and Bardez--- and precisely described using terms such as khazan 
land which make it unmistakably 
Goan.
Maria Aurora Couto goes further 
to tell that the Bahmanis moved towards Konkan to safeguard Muslim trading 
vessels. The powerful Rayas of Khelna and Sangameshwar on the west coast to the 
north of Goa sent hundreds of boats to attack Muslim ships and plunder pilgrims 
going to Mecca. These practical raids led to the decline in maritime commerce of 
the time. Finally the Bahmani emperor sent Mahmad Gavan to the Konkan and Goa 
was annexed in 1472. The area was then divided into provinces, each with a 
governor. Some of them revolted, and Yusuf Adil Khan founded the Adil Shahi 
dynasty of Bijapur in 1489. The squabbling generals divided the spoils of the 
Bahmani among themselves. 

In 1500, Goa was unequivocally 
settled as part of the Adil Shah kingdom after having been buffeted between 
Vijaynagar and the Bahmanis for several decades. Administration was left to the 
village ganvkars, and ancient chiefs of  mahals( akin to modern taluka) like  
sardessais and  dessais were confirmed in their offices. Dessai is the title 
of a chieftain which is a corruption of ruler of desh ( territory). They were 
chieftains appointed by the Adil Shah to look after the various mahals. Their 
duties included maintaining law and order and collecting revenues. Their 
position was, however, below that of a governor. But this, too, was to last only 
one decade.
The European invasion began in 
1510. Albuquerques armies, followed by traders from all parts of the continent, 
made Goa their home finding here a lucrative way of life and adventurism. It was 
from Adil Shah that the Portuguese, under Afonso de Albuquerque, conquered 
Tiswadi, the island of Goa, in 1510 in collusion with Goan Brahmin chieftains 
and traders whose fortunes were being affected by Turkish traders monopoly of 
transoceanic trade, specially in horses. The leaders of this group have been 
identified as Mhall Pai Vernekar, a powerful and popular sardessai of Verna, and 
Tamaji, the governor of Honavar and a Vijayanagar admiral. Although Mahall Pai 
was given a land grant near the capital city, the Portuguese had no intention of 
sharing power. Twenty-five years later, frustrated ambitions and religious 
persecution made him conspire with Adil Shah to overthrow the Portuguese. His 
betrayal was discovered and he had to flee to Cochin where he lived in exile 
until his death.
Timaji was clearly the more wily of the two. Historians are yet to 
agree whether he was a Maratha, a Kannadiga or a Goan; a Hindu or a Jain; a 
pirate, a leader of robbers, a man of low birth, a high-ranking officer of the 
Vijayanagar king who was married to the Princess of Gersoppa, a good man as 
Albuquerque believed him to be, a willing collaborator, or a quisling. Before 
Albuquerque had arrived on the scene, Timaji had attempted an investigation of 
Vasco da Gamas fleet anchored near Anjediva for repairs and provisioning. He 
had established cordial relations with the first viceroy, Francisco de Almeida, who had 
no territorial ambitions for the Portuguese. Was Timaji interested in the 
Portuguese as an ally for Vijayanagar against the Muslim rulers?. Whatever his 
reasons, he made peace with them and won for himself a  cartaz, a permit to 
sail the waters freely (4) 
To be continued.


Compiled 
by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas
(40. COUTO, Maria Aurora, in, op. 
cit., pp 80  85,

[saligaonet] July 8th saligao News





July 8, Saligao News.

--Death--- Prof. Eduardo de 
Sousa( 1909-2004)( Ganvkar of Saligao, belonging to the 9th Vangor of the 
Communidade de Saligao), died on 06-07-2004 in Pilerne. Relict of Lidia, beloved 
father of Ercilia/ late Mario, Dr. Emerico/ Piedade, Eslidio/Lia, 
Ehrlich/Suzette, Eromila  Filomena, brother-in-law of Alvaro/Flavia, 
grandfather of Winston, Rose, Emerson, Estilia,, Esmarch, Ehrlson  Erushka. 
The funeral mass will be held at Pilerne Church at 4. p.m. on 10th 
July, 2004, followed by burial in Pilerne. He was born on 15-11-1909.

--The Fama of St. Anne will be 
held on 22nd July and the Novenas in honour of St. Anne will begin at 
St. Annes Chapel, from 23rd July, 2004( Friday). The feast is on 1st 
August, 2004.
The Fama of Santo Caetano in 
Arrarim Chapel is on 29th July and the novenas begin on 
30th July( Friday). The feast will be celebrated on 8th 
August.

--Saligao Sporting Club will 
organize their annual indoor games for the members from July 18.
Carrom and table tennis 
tournaments will be conducted for boys and girls/ juniors/ seniors/ 
veterans.
Those interested should submit 
their entries to Mr. Lelis Pereira 
or Mr. Hipolito D Silva, at the club premises( Mudddavaddi) before July 16. 

Cash prizes will be awarded to 
the winners and runners-up in each discipline. This is an Indoor Tournament.( 
Courtesy Herald).

Fr. 
Nascimento Mascarenhas

[saligaonet] Communidade de Saligao---V

Communidade de Saligao-V

We studied that in 1500, Goa was
unequivocally settled as part of the Adil Shah kingdom. Administration was left to the village ganvkars, and
ancient chiefs of `mahals like sardessai and dessai were confirmed in their
offices. The European invasion began in 1510 and it was from Adil Shah that the
Portuguese, under Afonso Albuquerque, conquered Tiswadi, the island of Goa. Timaji, the
governor of Honavar and a Vijaynagar admiral has established good relations with
the first viceroy, Francisco de Almeida, who had no territorial ambitions for the
Portuguese.
If Timaji attacked ships it was
on orders from his king of Vijayanagar, whose ports of Bhatkal and Honavar were
loosing trade to Adil Shahs Goa, the favoured port. Ships that disobeyed
Timajis instructions to berth at these ports were plundered. When Afonso de
Albuquerque, who had territorial ambitions, appeared on the scene, Timaji was
able to assure him a victory against Adil Shah. Ambitious and knowledgable, he
succeeded in his plans, but his hopes of becoming governor of Goa were thwarted by
Albuquerque who had other plans. He was made aquazil mor, chief tanadar,
given the power of justice over Hindus and Muslims in the territory and other
benefits, all of which he lost and regained in part depending on his relations
with Albuquerque, whose gradual distrust of the man deepened.
The ganvkars must have felt
threatened soon after Albuquerques conquest of Goa Even before the process of conversion
was under way, land became an issue with Portuguese settlers wishing to own
forest lands and palm groves.
A royal proclamation stating that
all lands should be distributed to the settlers since they now belonged to the
king was strongly resented. Protests by ganvkars led to a rescinding of the
proclamation. The ganvkars membership of the communidade was inalienable and
exclusive, and could only be transferred to male heirs. No ruler before the
Portuguese had tinkered with the communidades.
Muslim rulers and the other kings
who had ruled over Goa had conferred fiefdoms to loyalist who collected taxes,
attended to defence and other matters, but these measures did not impinge on the
working life of an ancient agrarian society, as long as the taxes were paid. The
duty of tax collection from individuals was taken care of by the ganvkars: each
village paid a fixed amount, as land tax through the communidade directly to the
ruler. The ganvkars were allowed to continue sharing the residue of the profits
as before after all dues were discharged.(5).. to be continued.
Compiled by Fr. Nascimento
Mascarenhas.(5).
COUTO, Maria Aurora, op. cit., pp.86 163

[saligaonet] Communidade de Saligao--VI

Communidade de
Saligao---VI

The first encounter of the
Portuguese administration with the ganvkari is expressed in an elaborate study
of the local tradition by Afonso Mexia in Foral dos Usos e Costumes dos
Gaoncares e Lavradores desta Ilha de Goa e Outros Annexos nela.( Charter of
Habits and Customs of the the Ganvkars and Non-Ganvkar Workers of the Island of
Goa and its Dependencies, 1526)which sets outs the charter of uses and customs
of ganvkars and peasants of the island of Goa and other territories annexed to
it, that is the gifted territories of Salcete and Bardes which also had their Foral de Salcete e
Bardez( Chater of Salcete and Bardez). Here then is the first instance in
which, under the guise of codification, the local was brought under the purview
of the colonial to empower the latter to comprehend and then exercise subtle
changes within an age-old system.
But the real disruption of an organic
whole began after 1540, when aggressive measures to convert scattered the
population, dividing clans and families. In the process, vast quantities of land
changed hands; from temples to the church, from those who fled never to return
to those who acquiesced perhaps not quite knowing what exactly was in
store.
As converts they take pride in
not having lost their share in the communidade, since all those who fled to
escape conversion automatically forfeited their place within the system. Many of
these families consist of converts who fled to the outskirts of Goa during the
maratha invasions of Bardez between 1654 and
1740, or to escape the excesses of Inquisition which south to change their
socio-cultural customs and to suppress konkani. There were some who sought
refuge when epidemics threatened their lives. Known as Bardezkars because most
of them fled from the villages of Bardez, they are now a small but vibrant
Konkani speaking community settled on the Western Ghats in areas of Karnataka
and Maharashtra.
Their link with Goa is through
the village community of their ancestry and the land where some of them still
have a share. No matter where he is, the goan villager returns to inscribe his
sons name in the communidade register. Since the very sense of self was
inseparable from membership of the ganvkari, land became the central issue: they
would have lost all if they went into exile; instead they could retain their
holdings and could add to it, or in case of kulacharins( outsiders helpers),
they could earn the status and rights of membership of the ganvkari. This is the
basis of communal harmony in Goa, this system that looked after everyone
irrespective of caste. Land and the community spirit bound our ancestors.
However, the history of mass conversions
as well as individual ones is complex and far removed from the blurred and distorted version
that suits contemporary discourse.
Archival records illuminate the
reconstruction of life and varieties of human experience in those troubled
times. Careful analysis of old records would provide insights into social
transformations within Goan society and would promote a better understanding of
human experience at the time. More importantly, such a study would destroy the
basis of political conclusions which are being drawn today based on bare
statements of historical fact which
do not take into account the human dimension--- the grey areas of experience
through which the decision to convert was negotiated(6) to be continued
Compiled by Fr. Nascimento
Mascarenhas.

(6).
COUTO, Maria Aurora, op. cit., pp.150-160
163-165

[saligaonet] communidade de Saligao-VII

Communidade de Saligao---VII

The Provinces of Bardez and
Salcete were ceded to the Portuguese in 1543 by Ibrahim Adi Khan, though the treaty of peace was signed
only in 1571. These two territories added to Ilhas, the territory they already
had occupied, were known as Velhas
Conquistas( Old Conquests). This cession was confirmed in the year 1548-9, when
Garcia de Sa was Governor.
During the incumbency of Dom Pedro
Mascarenhas as Viceroy, 1554-5, the whole enclave, except for the City of Goa
and its immediate surroundings, was divided among the Religious Orders. The
Dominicans were given fifteen villages in Ilhas, the Jesuits rest of Ilhas and
the Province of Salcete. Bardez was
entrusted to the Franciscans( Observants). It is generally assumed that this
division took place in 1555. In his letter, dated Goa, 6 December1555, Antonio
de Quadros S.J., refers to this division and explicitly states that it was made by Dom Pedro Mascarenhas.
There are, however, authors who
say that the Franciscans already in the years 1550-52 constructed a Church at
Verem and dedicated it to the Holy Magi( Reis Magos). There is no doubt that the
division of the territory and the official assignment of Bardez to the
Franciscans occurred in 1555, but it is possible that before that year the
Franciscans were already engaged in this Province.
Verem was the first Church built
by the Franciscans( 1555) The 450 years celebrations will be held at Reis Magos
in 2005 it is known through authoritative sources. Next came Candolim Church in
1560 and also the Church of Nagoa in that same year(1560). The territory under
the jurisdiction of Holy Trinity Church of Nagoa was Siolim, Oxel, Anjuna-Assagao, Parra,
Nagoa, Arpora and part of Baga and Saligao which Frei Paulo de Trindade,
O.F.M. says was one of the principal villages and very large, entirely
inhabited by Brahmins, who have all been converted, so that very few or hardly
any pagans? are left( Vide, Meersman, Fr. Achilles, O.F.M., The Ancient
Franciscan Provinces In India, Bangalore, 1971, p.107).When Frei Paulo de
Trindade O.F.M wrote the chronicles of Nagoa, Saligao was christianized and
those who did not want to change their religion fled with deities to the territory of
Advalpale, in Bicholim taluka then under the Sultan of Sawantwadi in the XVI
century. The meticulous Church
historian late Msgr Canon F.X.
Gomes Catao says That the entire village of Saligao was christianized by the
year 1636 and the Communidade de Saligao contributed its mite for the cult at
Nagoa Church( Vide Souvenir of Mae de Deus Church, 1873-1973).
From 1560 till 1873 Saligao
people were taken care of spiritually first by Franciscan Observants and later
on from 1767 by the Diocesan priests which continues up to the present day.. The
Communidade de Saligao made considerable expenses to the Church of Nagoa from
1813 to 1841 to the tune of 9084:3:15( Vide, Xavier, Filipe Neri, Bosquejo
Historico das Communidades, Vol II, p.467.) and till 1961 to Saligao Church. Few
years later a fund was created called Church Maintenance Fund(CMF) which support
the church and recently the CMF is
merged into Fabrica da Igreja de Saligao
This back-drop closes with this posting.
In subsequent articles we will be speaking specifically of the Communidade de
Saligaoto be continued.
Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas

[saligaonet] July 10, Saligao News.

2004-07-10 Thread Nascimen





July, 10, Saligao News;
-Government to lay underground 
power cables at Saligao.
The Bardez coastal belt, including 
Calangute and Saligao, would be given priority in the laying of underground 
power cables in view of the frequent power disruptions here due to the constant 
falling of tree-branches causing overhead power lines to snap. The assurances 
came from the state Government in response to the separate private members 
resolution by the Saligao MLA Dr. Wilfred de Souza( Courtesy Navhind Times) 

-The Faces of Goan football fans 
captured during Euro finals between Portugal and Greece by journalist Francis X. 
Ribeiro, from Saligao, at the Calangute Association hall, display a lot of the 
enthusiasm that was generated due to Portugals progress during Euro 2004,which 
was followed passionately by Goans.
Entitled`` Faces of Support In Colour 
the photos appears in Herald SPORT WATCH  on page I ,dated 10th 
July.

-Pastoral Activity in Saligao 
Parish.
*Meeting of the Laity belonging to the 3rd Order of 
the Franciscans on last Thursday of every month in the evening.Venue: Church 
hall
*Legion of Mary every Monday in 
the Church at 5 p.m. Also at Grande Morod Chapel every Saturday at 4.30p.m.
*Society of St Vincent the Paul, every 
Tuesday evening in the Church 
Premises
*Altar BoysAssociation meeting 
every Saturday in the evening., Church Hall
*Parish Pastoral Council once a 
month.in the Church Hall
*Alcoholic Anonymous- very Monday 
evening in the Church Hall.
*Charismatic Meeting every Sunday 
at 5 p.m. in the Church.
*Parish Youth Meeting on 
2nd Sunday of the month at 9.30 a.m .in the Church Hall
*Sunday School in Church at 8.30. 
a.m. every Sunday followed by childrens mass.
*Basic Christian Community( BCC) 
meetings in wards every month.
*Fabrica Meetings at the 
discretion of the President of Fabrica.

Fr. Nascimento 
Mascarenhas.

[saligaonet] July, 10, Saligao News

2004-07-11 Thread Nascimen





July, 10, Saligao News;
-Government to lay underground 
power cables at Saligao.
The Bardez coastal belt, including 
Calangute and Saligao, would be given priority in the laying of underground 
power cables in view of the frequent power disruptions here due to the constant 
falling of tree-branches causing overhead power lines to snap. The assurances 
came from the state Government in response to the separate private members 
resolution by the Saligao MLA Dr. Wilfred de Souza( Courtesy Navhind Times) 

-The Faces of Goan football fans 
captured during Euro finals between Portugal and Greece by journalist Francis X. 
Ribeiro, from Saligao, at the Calangute Association hall, display a lot of the 
enthusiasm that was generated due to Portugals progress during Euro 2004,which 
was followed passionately by Goans.
Entitled`` Faces of Support In Colour 
the photos appears in Herald SPORT WATCH  on page I ,dated 10th 
July.

-Pastoral Activity in Saligao 
Parish.
*Meeting of the Laity belonging to the 3rd Order of 
the Franciscans on last Thursday of every month in the evening.Venue: Church 
hall
*Legion of Mary every Monday in 
the Church at 5 p.m. Also at Grande Morod Chapel every Saturday at 4.30p.m.
*Society of St Vincent the Paul, every 
Tuesday evening in the Church 
Premises
*Altar BoysAssociation meeting 
every Saturday in the evening., Church Hall
*Parish Pastoral Council once a 
month.in the Church Hall
*Alcoholic Anonymous- very Monday 
evening in the Church Hall.
*Charismatic Meeting every Sunday 
at 5 p.m. in the Church.
*Parish Youth Meeting on 
2nd Sunday of the month at 9.30 a.m .in the Church Hall
*Sunday School in Church at 8.30. 
a.m. every Sunday followed by childrens mass.
*Basic Christian Community( BCC) 
meetings in wards every month.
*Fabrica Meetings at the 
discretion of the President of Fabrica.

Fr. nascimento 
Mascarenhas.

[saligaonet] Communidadse de Saligao-IX

2004-07-11 Thread Nascimen





 
Communidade de Saligao---IX.

In the Communidade de Saligao, 
the alimony corresponding to one zon is paid to the only son of a deceased 
ganvkar. When the male children are more than one, the eldest(son, malgoddo) 
receives the  zon in full and the others receive one half each. This alimony 
was also extended to the sons of kulacharinsin Saligao Communidade.
Some few members of the first 
five Vangodds of the community of Saligao had, to the exclusion of the other 
members, the right to celebrate the Festa de Novidades or Novem( Harvest 
Festival)in August( my time on 7th August ,after the feast of Novem 
at Salvador do Mundo celebrated on 6th August). In my younger days at 
least two of my friends (both living) Mr. Caetano Antonio dos Remedios from 
Tabravaddo now residing in Donvaddo and Mel DSouza from Arrarim/Canada, were 
Presidents of Festa de Novidades. It is also celebrated now but without the 
president and if I am not mistaken on 15th August( Vide, Goa 
Gaunkari The Old Village Associations Vol II by Rui Gomes Pereira, 1981, pp 59, 
116 and also Books of the Communidade de Saligao).
My comments. The pre-portuguese 
name of our Village was *Sallganv.In Christianity from XVI century it was 
*Saliganv( due to cultivation of a rice called *Sali, according to Monsehor 
Rodolfo Dalgado) and then from XVIII century we got a nickname with the 
plantation of Sugar canes * Uxelantle Kole* to distinguish from the nick name of 
Kolo to another family of Saligao, Now the people from Goa simply call 
us Sauganvkars * kole*.
I have still not got an answer as 
to why only some families of the first 
five Vangodd with the exclusion of others, as said by Rui Gomes Pereira, 
celebrated the Feast of Novidade. Werent others agriculturists or was it due 
this exclusion, the others began to cultivate surgarcane in wards like 
Mudddavaddi, Mollebhatt, Donvaddo etc till 1945 and earned us a nickname?. The 
sugar cane plantation certainly took longer period to produce surgarcanes than 
paddy plantation. I do not know if Mr. Jose Remedios from Tabravaddo/Santa Cruz, 
Mumbai has celebrated the feast of Novidade .I need his explanation as he knows 
more about these matters than I.
There are different private rules 
and regulations for inscription of names for  matricula de jonos in 
Communidades in Goa. Saligao has its own private rules for our Communidade and 
they are unique to our village as 
well as the age of inscription for both Ganvkars and Kukachars.
I have given the surnames of the 
12 Vangodd of Saligao and also of Kulacharins. Now the name of a person of 
that particular surname may not appear in the list of joneiros of that year if 
he not written his name in person on through proxy and that is why we may not 
find the names of the particular surname of the person in the list of zonnkars 
of that particular year. 
I gave the names on No.VIII posting as 
found in the matricula de jonos on various Books of the Comunidade de Saligao. 
Now comes the Souzas in various Vangodds and it is a very big problem. Unless 
the ganvkars of surname Souza can tell us to which vangor they belong to, then 
only we will be able to understand who is who in the different Vangodd of Souza 
surnameProbably the  escrivaoof saligao Communidade may solve part of the 
problem. However could Souzas reading this posting help me to record their 
vangodds for posterity? Kindly give me the baptismal name and surname and vaddo 
with indentification of vaddo if 
possible.
I hope some one will take this 
topic for a paper or even for a degree like PHD. To be continued. Fr, 
Nascimento Mhas.

[saligaonet] july 12,Saligao News

2004-07-11 Thread Nascimen





July 12 Saligao News:
---Mater Dei Institution, Saligao 
is celebrating Founders Day . Mr. Anacleto F.X.Lobo as far back as 1909 founded 
this school and in 1984 its platinum jubilee was commemorated and in about five 
years it will complete its century. Initially the school was affiliated to the 
Bombay University later on to the Poona and Goa Boards. In 1992 it introduced 
I.C.S.E curriculum of the Delhi Board.
With the death of its dynamic 
Principal Mr. Anacleto Lobo the school was managed by his wife Mrs. Ines Nazare 
Lobo for some time. Later, 
Miss.Cleta Lobo, daughter of Mr. Anacleto Lobo, stepped in and took 
charge of the Institution as its Principal, assisted by her sister Miss Edna 
Lobo. Mater Dei, Saligao is the second oldest school in Goa and 
an Institution sans pareil. It is also our Alma Mater. Congratulation to the 
Principal , staff and students!

---There are a dozen families 
from Saligao staying in Vasco-da-Gama. Mr. Daniel DSouza from Nigvaddo, 
Saligao/Vasco, working for MPT is the editor of the Mormugao Port Trust 
bi-monthly  Goenchim Lharam. He also contributes articles for Times of India 
(on Goan Themes), The Goan Review, Goan Observer,( on Tiatr and triatr 
personalities) Gulab, Lharam( St. Andrews Parish Bulletin, Vasco-da-Gama), 
Saligaonet etc., both in English and Konkani.

- Dilip Thakore, Editor of  
Educational World, a Human Development magazine which features outstanding 
educational institutions in the country and abroad, has described Mater Dei, 
Institution, Saligao, Goa, as  arguably Indias most sophisticated village day 
school.
---Mrs. Aurora Maria Couto from 
Aldona, is an ardent admirer of the artist from Saligao the late Mr. Francis 
Newton Souza. In her book  Goa A Daughters Story, she cites him in various 
page of her book. The late Mr. Francis Newton Souza , besides being an 
international painter, was also an author of books such as Words and Lines , 
London, Villiers, 1959 and  New Poems, Bombay, Pundole Art Gallery, 1985. 
Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas.

[saligaonet] Communidade de saligao-X

2004-07-12 Thread Nascimen

Communidade the Saligao-X.

This is a very rare
document. Kindly take note of this. In the posting NoVIII of the Communidade de Saligao, I
gave the surnames of the various Vangor or Vangodd in general, besides
Kulacharins. Kindly add among kulachars the surname Zuzarte.

Registration of zonn of
ganvkars of the twelve Votes or Vangodd( clans) as well as of Kulacharins
Paustes and Taiquiles of the Communidade de Saligao of the year 1796.

FIRST VOTE(
Vangodd)
Rev. Fr Damiao DA CRUZ
Rev. Fr. Joao Bautista da
Cruz
Xavier ,son of Joao da Cruz
Gabriel his son,
Joaquim his son,
Francisco his son,
Caetano his son,
Agostinho his son.
Francisco, son of Cosme da
Cruz,
Salvador his son,
Gabriel his son.
Caetano Domingos da Cruz.
Constantino, son of Lourenco da
Cruz
Manuel his son.
Salvador, son of Paulo da Cruz,
V.M.( representative of the Vangodd)
Caetano his son,
Micael his son,
Aleixo his son,
Domingos Pedro da Cruz.
Sebastiam, son of Domingos Pedro
da Cruz,
Luis his son.
Joao, son of Jacob da Cruz.
Jeronimo, son of Chrisostomo da
Cruz.
Cosme da Cruz
Vicente, son of Avelino da
Cruz
Bartolomeu, son of Salvador da
Cruz.
Francisco, son of Salvador da
Cruz.
Benjamim his son,
Luis his son.
Aleixo, son of Salvador da
Cruz.
Urbano da Cruz.
Ricardo Francisco his son.
Orphans of Sebastiam da Cruz
Orphans of Caetano da Cruz.
Eusebio FURTADO.
Chrisostomo his son
Cristovao Furtado.
Jose Furtado,
Joao Bautista his son.
Jose, son of Antonio da Cruz,
Salvador, son of Joao da Cruz
Manoel his brother.
Caetano da Cruz.
Joao Vicente, son of Sebastiao
Cruz.
Total---44
*New Zonn*
Manoel Antonio, son of Joaquim da
Cruz
Manoel, son of Cosme da Cruz
Manoel, son of Lourenco da
Cruz.

This documents comes into print
today 12-07-2004 through Saligaonet.
V.M. means Voto Maior ,that is
Representative of the Vangodd. Sometimes there are more than one representative
when the group is big in that particular vangor. The accents(acentos) in
Portuguese are very essential and the name have them in the document Our system rejects these accents hence
they are not given.
All zonnkars are equal in the12
vangodds of Saligao except on one instance which I mentioned in posting IX.
Kindly note how many generations in his clan or household till now you may
find.( Vide, ACTAS OU ASSENTOS E OUTROS SERVICOS( 1796), Communidade de Saligao,
p.94.)
Compiled by Fr. Nascimento
Mascarenhas.
St. Andrews Church, Vasco da Gama
12th July,
2004.

[saligaonet] Communidade de Saligao-XI

2004-07-13 Thread Nascimen





 
Communidade de Saligao---XI( 
Year 1796)
 SECOND VOTE( VANGODD)
Rev. Fr. Luis Raimundo da GAMA
Rev. Fr Simiao Jose de 
SIQUEIRA.
Rev. Fr. Jose da COSTA.
Rev. Fr. Zeferino Aleixo de 
Siqueira
Francisco de MELLO
Diogo his son
Damiao his son
Salvador de Mello
Jose, son of Gaspar SEQUEIRA
Joaquim his son
Philipe his son
Sebastiao, son of Antonio 
Sequeira. 
Pascoal, son of Cristovao 
Sequeira
Salvador de Sequeira.
Orphans of Antonio da Costa.
Orphans of Pedro da Costa
Baltazar da Costa
Antonio Caetano, son of Manuel da 
Costa.
Paulo his son
Domingos his brother
Aleixo de Sequeira
Luis Antonio his son.
Caetano, son of Jose de 
Sequeira
Manuel, son of Luis Raimundo de 
SOUZA
Jose his brother
Joao his brother
Silvestre, son of Sebastiao de 
Sequeira
Vitorino, son of Salvador de 
Sequeira
Simao de Sequeira
Diogo Eleterio, his son.( 
V.M.=Representative)
Francisco, son of Domingos de 
Sequeira
Mateus, son of Jose Henrique de 
Sequeira.
Caetano, son of Damiao da 
Costa
Antonio, son of Sebastiao de 
Sequeira
Simao de Sequeira
Xavier his son
Pascoal, son of Salvador de 
Sequeira
Antonio his brother,
Aleixo his brother,
Caetano his brother
Antonio Thomas, son of Manuel 
Francisco Sequeira
Mariano his brother
Pedro Francisco, son of Jose de 
Siqueira,
Joao Baptista, his son.
Rafael de Siqueira
Justo de Souza
Jeronimo de Sequeira
Orphans of Joao Batista 
Siqueira
Jeronimo Vicente, son of Cosme 
Batista de Sequeira.
Benjamim de Sequeira
Pascoal, son of Tome de 
Sequeira
Antonio his brother
Miguel his brotherto be 
continued

Compiled by Fr. Nascimento 
Mascarenhas, Vasco da Gama, 13-07-2004.

[saligaonet] July 15-Saligao News

2004-07-14 Thread Nascimen





July15. Saligao News:
--Government adopts long-term 
measures to boost agricultural production.
The Saligao MLA, Dr. Wilfred de Souza, 
opposing the demands, urged the government to stop illegal constructions from 
coming up on agricultural lands. Dr. de Souza asked the government to give 
reasonable support prices for floriculturists, higher subsidies to them to set 
up green houses and for nets and to curb the coconut disease of mites in 
Goa.
Regarding animal husbandry, Dr. 
de Souza said stray cattle was runing crops and causing accidents. He urged the 
Government to fix responsibility of impounding stray cattle on the local 
panchayats and the police. He also urged the government to plant fruit trees in 
vacant spaces of forest.( CourtesyThe Navhind Times)

--The Goa Governor-desinate, Mr. 
S.C.Jamir will take office at Raj 
Bhavan on July 17. He is accompanied by his wife Mrs.Alemla Jamir( Courtesy-The 
Navhind Times). He is sure to visit Saligao Church in the near future.

--On Founders Day , the Mater 
Dei Institution had an All Faiths Prayer celebration plus a Social for school 
staff and students with school band in attendance.. The highlight of the day was 
the launching of the School Magazine called  Mater Dei Buzz- a quarterly with 
contributions in form of articles and poems by staff and students. 
--The people of the three wards 
Muddada-vaddi, Tabravaddo-Mollebhatt and Don-vaddo are busy preparing for the 
Novena and feast of St. Anne. which is to commence on 23rd of 
July.
--To-day is the universal feast 
of St. Bonaventure and in the VII Century the St. Bonaventures Friary was 
established in Old Goa. In this friary, Philosophy, Theology, subjects of the 
Juniorate and also Konkani were taught. The image of St. Bonaventure which 
adorned the altar of the Monastery 
of the same name was brought to Saligao and . is now seen on the altar of St. 
Francis Xavier in Saligao Church.
Fr. Nascimento 
Mascarenhas.

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 The Communidade de 
Saligao-XIII( 1796).

FOURTH VOTE( VANGODD).
Antonio Xavier, son of Jorge de 
SOUZA
Joao his brother
Luis , son of Caetano Roque de 
Souza
B.al, his brother( 
B.al=Baltazar?)
Jose Maria, son of Caetano de 
Souza
Inacio Lourenco de SOUSA
Jose his son
Jeronimo his son
Diogo Damiao his son
Caetano Francisco his 
grand-son
Bautista dos REMEDIOS
Joaquim dos Remedios
Silvestre, son of Antonio 
Remedios
Sebastiao his brother
Manuel Salvador his brother
Patricio dos Remedios
Avelino his son
Valentim his son
Matheus his son
Custodio, son of Salvador dos 
Remedios
Agostinho Caetano his brother
Philipe Caetano ,son of Joao 
Remedios
Cosme Damiao his brother
Pascoal his brother
Paulo his brother
Avelino his brother
Pascoal, son of B.al Remedios( 
B.al=Baltazar?)
Joao his brother
Sebastiao Avelino his son
Lazaro, son of Nicolau 
Remedios
Antonio his brother
Bezamy Remedios
Aleixo, son of Manoel 
Remedios
Jose Caetano his son
Daniel Remedios
Cypriano his son
Cosme, son of Grezostomo 
Remedios
Antonio dos Remedios
Sebastiao Benedito his son.
Antonio, son of Paulo Remedios 
Gaspar, son of Salvador Remedios
Gabriel. son of Pascoal 
RemediosVentura 
his brother

[saligaonet] Communidade de Saligao-XIV





COMMUNIDADE DE SALIGAO(1796) ---Continuation of 4th 
Vangodd

Philippe, son of Caetano Remedios
Antonio, son of Silvestre Remedios
Baltazar his brother
Joao his brother
Pedro, son of Salvador Remedios
Jose dos Remedios
Miguel Manuel his son
Marcelino his son,
Agostinho his son
Joao dos Remedios
Izac dos Remedios
Vicente his son
Diogo, son of Gabriel Remedios
Orphans of Luis Remedios
Cosme, son of Damiao dos Remedios
Eugenio Damiao, his son
Micael his son
Sebastiao dos Remedios
Xavier dos Remedios V.M.( 
Representative)
Joao dos Remedios
Joaquim his son
Celestino his son
Aleixo, son of Caetano Remedios
Jose his brother
Bernardo dos Remedios
Sebastiao his son
Sebastiao B.al dos Remedios( B.al= Baltazar? )
Orphans of Nicolau de Sousa
Damiao, son of Caetano de Sousa
Sebastiao, son of Paulo de Sousa
Caetano. son of Simao de Sousa
Orphans of Simao de Sousa
Manuel, son of Cosme de Sousa
Bernardo, son of Caetano de Souza
Pedro his brother
Inacio his brotherto be continued

Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas./ Saligao/Vasco da Gama 
15/07/2004

[saligaonet] Communidade de saligao-XIII





Communidade de Saligao-XIII( 
1796)
FOURTH VOTE( VANGODD).
Antonio Xavier, son of Jorge de 
SOUZA
Joao his brother
Luis , son of Caetano Roque de 
Souza
B.al, his brother( 
B.al=Baltazar?)
Jose Maria, son of Caetano de 
Souza
Inacio Lourenco de SOUSA
Jose his son
Jeronimo his son
Diogo Damiao his son
Caetano Francisco his 
grand-son
Bautista dos REMEDIOS
Joaquim dos Remedios
Silvestre, son of Antonio 
Remedios
Sebastiao his brother
Manuel Salvador his brother
Patricio dos Remedios
Avelino his son
Valentim his son
Matheus his son
Custodio, son of Salvador dos 
Remedios
Agostinho Caetano his brother
Philipe Caetano ,son of Joao 
Remedios
Cosme Damiao his brother
Pascoal his brother
Paulo his brother
Avelino his brother
Pascoal, son of B.al Remedios( 
B.al=Baltazar?)
Joao his brother
Sebastiao Avelino his son
Lazaro, son of Nicolau 
Remedios
Antonio his brother
Bezamy Remedios
Aleixo, son of Manoel 
Remedios
Jose Caetano his son
Daniel Remedios
Cypriano his son
Cosme, son of Grezostomo 
Remedios
Antonio dos Remedios
Sebastiao Benedito his son.
Antonio, son of Paulo 
Remedios
Gaspar, son of Salvador Remedios
Gabriel. son of Pascoal 
RemediosVentura 
his brother to be 
continue. Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas Vasco15/07/2004

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COMMUNIDADE DE SALIGAO(1796) 
---XIV--Continuation of 4th Vangodd
Philippe, son of Caetano 
Remedios
Antonio, son of Silvestre 
Remedios
Baltazar his brother
Joao his brother
Pedro, son of Salvador 
Remedios
Jose dos Remedios
Miguel Manuel his son
Marcelino his son,
Agostinho his son
Joao dos Remedios
Izac dos Remedios
Vicente his son
Diogo, son of Gabriel 
Remedios
Orphans of Luis Remedios
Cosme, son of Damiao dos 
Remedios
Eugenio Damiao, his son
Micael his son
Sebastiao dos Remedios
Xavier dos Remedios V.M.( Representative)
Joao dos Remedios
Joaquim his son
Celestino his son
Aleixo, son of Caetano 
Remedios
Jose his brother
Bernardo dos Remedios
Sebastiao his son
Sebastiao B.al dos Remedios( 
B.al= Baltazar? )
Orphans of Nicolau de Sousa
Damiao, son of Caetano de 
Sousa
Sebastiao, son of Paulo de 
Sousa
Caetano. son of Simao de 
Sousa
Orphans of Simao de Sousa
Manuel, son of Cosme de Sousa
Bernardo, son of Caetano de 
Souza
Pedro his brother
Inacio his 
brotherto be continued

Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas, Vasco 
15-07-2004

[saligaonet] July 16.Saligao News.





July 16, Saligao News:
--Serula Communidade elections on 
September 16.
The elections for the 
Communidade, as per the Code of Comunidades are conducted in the month of 
December. However, due to the postponement of the election of the Comunidade de 
Serula it would now be held in September as per the High Court order, the 
minister stated, pointing out that the voters list would be prepared as per the 
High Court guidelines.
Dr. Wilfred de Souza( Saligao 
MLA) took a strong objection to the decision about entrusting the responsibility 
of preparation of the new voters list to the same agency which had come out with 
the fraudulent list( Courtesy-The Navhind Times) and opined that the government 
should appoint an independent administrator so as to avoid repetition of the 
irregularities( Courtesy , Herald.)
In the elections held of Saligao 
Communidade last December,2003, 
Architect Dean DCruz from Salmona was chosen as the President of the 
Communidade de Saligao .
---Government finds no takers for 
posts of doctors in DHS( Directorate of Health Services) according to Health 
Minister, Dr. Suresh Amonkar.
Dr. Wilfred de Souza who raised 
the issue in the House said that the government has failed to orient the doctors 
towards these posts  If the doctors are reluctant to take up the posts, what 
can the government do about it, asked Dr. Amonkar( Courtesy The Navhind 
times
---Migrants behind most 
crimesBlaming the migrant labour class for a large chunk of Goas crime, Chief 
Minister, Manohar Parrikar today said the police will intensify its  
surveillance activity vis-à-vis migrants residing in the State. Dr. Wilfred de 
Souza and other Senior Opposition leaders criticized the performance of the 
police. ( CourtesyHerald). 
-Casinos. Chief Minister Parrikar 
said the Government obtained Rs.55 lakh revenue on sale of entry tickets to 
casinos during the last five months, in addition to the annual licensing 
fees.
He also agreed to the suggestion 
of Dr. W. de Souza that electronic slot machines be  regulate by the 
government as is globally done to ensure fixed payouts.( CourtesyHerald).
--To-day 16th July is 
the universal Feast of Our Lady of Carmel. An Association of Our Lady of Carmel 
was erected in Saligao Church through Decree No. 556 of 20-3-1956. Many of us 
formed part of this association and wear the Scapular. This image which was 
adorning one of the altars is kept 
in the Sacristy since 1973.

Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas.

[saligaonet] Communidade de Saligao-XV