On Oct 8, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Antonio Menezes <ac.mene...@gmail.com> wrote: "The reactions as I have heard, from some Bardez girls who were married in Salcete : they ( or their souls) feel very free or expansive to be in coastal or southern Salcete as there are no hills to constrain their vision of surrounding landscape."
Dear Antonio, By now, I believe that, Cecil's hypotheses has been proven to be quite 'off the wall'. As Saxtticar who is married to a Bardezcan, I can attest to the "free and expansive" comment in your post. The negatives I have heard about Salcete are as follows: (a) Margao is so disorganised and dirty; one cannot even cross a road safely there - not that Mapuca is any better (b) Saxtti cuisine is very spicy - One year later ...Bardez cuisine is so bland. (What then should one say about Ilhas cuisine?) The positives I have heard: (c) Colva looks much cleaner now that Calangute has been messed up. (d) It is good that you don't have as many Furxem (Vipers) in Salcete as we have in Bardez. As an aside: I assume we know how the island got rid of their poisonous snakes. Yes ...They imported the Indian mongoose.to take care of the rat problem. Jamaica even issued a set of stamps in commemoration http://images.stampwants.com/239ct.img jc