From: Bernado Colaco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: goanet@goanet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [The Goan Forum d-list] Re: [Goanet]Re: Will the anti-casters identify themselves?
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 07:43:37 +0000 (GMT)
In my life I was not tutored about the casta in Goa. Recently and because of this vociferous activity on the lists, I bothered to ask and was told that we were zuamkars from a place called Xorao! Teo does the word zaum mean anything to you?
B. Colaco
Bernado,
With your, otherwise, wide knowledge of things 'Bharathi* et all I am surprised that you confess to such poor knowledge of castes-system.
I have not so far, nor will I now go into the matter you all are trashing with such ineffective buffaloes.
But just touching about 'Zuamkars': 'zuem', the Portuguese 'jus' means an islet/island. Hence, the term refers to the inhabitants of islands: St. Estevao/Chorao, Divar, Comarjua, Rachol and a few others.
While Divar is predominantly Bhramin of varyibg shades, Menezes, Gonsaves, Cabral e Sa and others, in Chorao Brahmins are a minority, among them my cousins, the Lima Fernandes and good friends, Stephen Pereiras.
Others, the Monsorrates and many other dear friends are Chardos, highly educated, industrious and gentle. To be a guest of any Chorao family is to be treated like royalty, they will go all out.
A better title, more akin to your origin, Bhramin, Chardo or otherwise, is 'Bhendecar', growers of lady-fingers, for which the 'Ilha Verde' iused to be famous and I sincerely hope, still continues to be.
Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm, Sweden. 0046 8 759 6214
> > Respect everyone, no matter if they work in the > fields > or own a house in prime Altinho. I learnt this early > on from my father, who showed a great deal of > respect > to his musicians. And I try to follow his example. > > Cheers, >
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