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Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on
Monday, February 03, 2003 4:03 PM
>
> On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha wrote:
>
> > At least up to mid-1940s the birth registries in Goa used to specify the
> > race. I have with me a xerox copy of a birth registry of 1920 which
mentions
> > "of white race" ("de raca branca" in Portuguese) and another of 1944
which
> > mentions "of Indo-Aryan race" ("de raca indo-ariana").
> >
>
>
> Jorge,
>
> Out of curiosity, were these the only two classifications available to the
> registrars when it came to race? Also, was there any criteria to determine
> race or merely skin color?
>
> -Tariq
>
Tariq,
I'm afraid I don't know if there were other classifications nor what were
the criteria followed to determine the race. I think that for the registrars
all Goans were white or Indo-Aryans. I wonder however whether they
classified differently the Kunnbis who are usually thought to be the
autochthons of Goa and of Dravidian stock.
Jorge
