On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, [iso-8859-1] Bernado Colaco wrote: > I wonder when Jazz music coming from capitalism was a > part of Goan culture? Ok, Sodam chintalim vehtelem > munon.... was a class act! > Cola�o > --- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Great articles on the Goan culture in Bombay in the > > 1950-1970 and > > beyond. > > I do wish Bernard Colaco of ?UK / ?Macau and > > Constantino Xavier of > > Portugal will read these articles and know about > > Goan culture and the > > artists in the Bombay / Mumbai Diaspora. Regards, GL
Bernado at his usual xenophobic self. (Even if he hasn't explained his real identity, and why he claims to be based in London while getting his posts put out via Macau. Neither his claims to know what pre-1961 Goan really was, while later claiming he was born post-1961.) *What* is Goan culture? What is the culture of Goans today? Is it something frozen in time? Is it something restricted to only one language? (Prof Peter Nazareth comments that Goans write in 13 languages.) If he follow Bernado's twisted logic of "cultural purity" we could next be arguing that man originated in Goa... Or is it something that today encompasses various continents, various languages, and the influences that have come to set on this tiny place on planet earth? To one's mind, Goa is a melting pot (of various people, coming in at different points of time, and various rulers or immigrants or invaders, who have shaped the region into being what it is). We are a fruit salad of sorts, and there's nothing wrong with that. Over the centuries, different groups have been negotiating cultural and physical space with each other, sometimes peacefully and sometimes violently. As much as we claim to have wrong done to ourselves, if we dig deep enough we'd find that our own groups have wronged others in the past. The earlier we acknowledge this reality the better. To argue that Jazz cannot have anything to do with Goa is a few steps away from saying that the Mando cannot be really Goan, since it was first sung only sometime around the nineteenth century and, in any case, has a range of global influences ranging from the Portuguese and the European to the Far East Asian costumes the women-singers wore. Or, it is close to an argument that chief minister Parrikar recently repeated, that English *cannot* be a legit language in Goa because of its foreign origins. All stem from a similar set of insecurities, and a desire to dominate by defining things in a way convenient to oneself. FN ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
