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Celebrating the history, traditions, culture, folklore and people of Saligao – a colourful village in Goa, India
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Essays Selected and Edited by Val Souza
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His But To Reason Why: Many years ago, a young man named Felix D’Souza, from Mudd’davaddi in the village of Saligao, was prone to question just about everything he encountered, using a single Portuguese word — porquê (why). After a while, his entire family was …[Read the entire essay] |
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Principal Lobo: He was a disciplinarian for sure, but under that stern appearance was a compassionate man who was not widely known for his charitable deeds because he performed them very discreetly. I only came to know about…[Read the entire essay] |
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Football Mania and Clubs in Saligao: As the FIFA World Cup 2010 gets underway later today (June 11), excitement must be rising to fever pitch among the myriad fans of football in Saligao and all over Goa. In fact, football has always been a highly popular sport in Goa and among Goans worldwide. In Saligao, the Mater Dei…[Read the entire essay] |
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Alms and the Man: In the old days there were few mendicants in the villages of Goa. Those that did exist were neither professional beggars of the type one encounters in the cities of India today nor were they unknown vagrants. They were persons from the…[Read the entire essay] |
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