--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How about educating young Goans about Abbe Faria and > his contribution TO Goa and Goans? (Not the > Portugues or French). > Other than his statue, what of his legacy is left in > today's Goa? > Kind Regards, GL
Gilbert, please visit See http://www.melgoans.com/souvenir2004/ and click on page 8. He was implicated in the "Conjuracao dos Pintos" (aka the Pinto revolt), which was not necessarily a revolt for "freedom", but nevertheless a revolt against the hierarchy of the time, in Goa. He indirectly, like Francisco Luis Gomes, put Goa on the world map, as one may say, by way of promoting hypnotism as a scientific topic rather than as a side show at a circus. Cheers, Gabriel de Figueiredo. Melbourne - Australia. ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Try Yahoo! Photomail Beta: Send up to 300 photos in one email! http://au.photomail.mail.yahoo.com
