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Celebrating the history, traditions, culture, folklore and people of Saligao – a colourful village in Goa, India
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Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas
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Essays Selected and Edited by Val Souza
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The Erudite Journalist: Leopoldo da Gama was the most complete Goan journalist of his time and his writings reflected high-quality thinking and accurate facts that never betrayed truth. He feared nobody and his arguments convinced…[Read the entire essay] |
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A Home Away From Home – The Goan Kudd: The Santa Ana Club was in Dabul and there were about 25 members then. Besides these there were around 20 others working on ships (tarvotti), who would return to the kudd after their voyages. In 1930 the kudd was shifted to “Horta Baixa”. Five years later the club was again shifted to…[Read the entire essay] |
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A walk through Arrarim – I: The paddy plants are about two feet tall, tall enough to dance in the evening breeze. The shadows of the coconut trees vie with the sunlight to create different shades of green. ‘The green, green fields of home’…[Read the entire essay] |
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An encounter with the Gagro-Naik: The ‘Gagro-Naik’ is a venerable gentleman who, according to legend and lore, wears a skirt (gagro), bells around his waist and ankles; carries a staff in his hand and has webbed feet! He is supposed to be the spirit of a departed landowner (gaunkar) who still watches and guards over the crops and property of his village.…[Read the entire essay] |
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History • Culture • Folklore • Customs • Religion
Famous People • Village Folk • Religious
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