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Hindu Gujarati culture is today flourishing in Portugal. Just a week ago a Gujarati hindu wedding was presented on one of the channels of Portuguese national TV. The host of the show were dresssed with a sari and red dot (female) and kurta(male). Intricacies of the wedding were discussed, the bride performed some kind bollywood fusion dance to the tune of Lata Mangeshcara and the bridegroom stood like Rajesh Khanna huming the tune of Julie my heart is beating and only beating... Just a week before a kathak group performed on TV, as an introduction to later perform in one of the theatres of Porto. As for Fátima the shrine may be changed into a hindu temple since bhots have been invited to perform puja. Gujaratis in large numbers in Portugal have been visiting this sacred place. And the bishop and the rector of the shrine may get a kick on their back sides (for the bhot ponn). B. Colaço > > Could someone in Portugal tell us if there has been > any development on > this front? FN > > http://www.the-news.net/ > > A newspaper report published this week states that > the Vatican is one step > away from assuming full control of Portugal's > holiest religious site. > While no official measures have been taken, the > Correio da Manha~ (CM) > newspaper on Wednesday alleges the Vatican's > disapproval of the Dalai Lama > and a Hindu priest praying at the Fa'tima Sanctuary > on two separate > occasions to be at the centre of Rome's reported > intentions for Fa'tima. > But Portuguese clergymen have been swift in their > response to these > reports, arguing either that they are false, or that > the Vatican gave its > blessing for the interfaith gatherings, or that > financially-powerful > international groups are responsible for these > reports > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com