------------------------------------------------------------------------
* G * O * A * N * E * T **** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enjoy your holiday in Goa. Stay at THE GARCA BRANCA from November to May
There is no better, value for money, guest house.
Confirm your bookings early or miss-out
Visit http://www.garcabranca.com for details/booking/confirmation.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
On Tue Oct 31 07:48:34 PST 2006, Carvalho wrote:
> About two years ago, my in-laws decided to hire a man named "Augustine"
> from Karwar.
> He was a Negro. Augustine was so good at his job, we decided to employ his
> wife to assist us with
> household chores. She was a Negress. Turns out there is a whole tribe of
> Africans in Karwar.
Response: Selma.......allow me to introduce you to an article on the "Siddis
of Yellapur" by fellow Goanetter, Themistocles D'Silva, a retired research
scientist hailing from the village of Arossim, Mormugao taluka. The fact
that there were slaves in his village during the 18th and 19th centuries led
him to visit Yellapur, North Kanara.
Best - Bosco
Pioneering Missionary Work by a Goan Nun
The pioneering service by the missionaries of the Daughters of the Cross in
helping the Siddis of Yellapur is known to only a few people closely
connected with their work. In 1967, Sr. Celine Joseph (nee Eileen Mary de
Sousa, Siolim, Bardez), first ventured as a missionary into the jungles of
Yellapur, North Kanara. With help and encouragement from the late Bishop
Fortunato da Veiga Coutinho of Belgaum (from Margao) and the Parish Priest
Fr. Tomas de Tavora (from Aldona) at the Holy Rosary Church in Yellapur, she
established a base. It is now Premada Nakshatra Ashrama - a center that
offers educational and social services to Siddis.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=147
_______________________________________________
Goanet mailing list
Goanet@lists.goanet.org
http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
