Hi all,
I have also seen houses in Pernem built by Hindus that have lions at
the gates. Those that I noticed were constructed
in the era of Portuguese rule and must have been built by Landlords
and/or thoise occupying a high position in society.
Joseph
On 09-Nov-14 3:41 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك
نورونيا wrote:
What makes you believe so, Augusto? Is there a corelation both ways? I
mean, would all (or most) homes built by Africanders have lions at their
gates, and would all the homes with lions at their gates belong to
Africanders?
>From a rough estimate, it seems that only a few homes in any village have
lions on their gates. In some villages, house after house (in parts of the
village) were built by "Africanders". If what you believe is true, why do
some have lions and others not?
In Bardez, a lot of the 20th century affluence, I'd think, came from
migration. Specially to places like Africa. This was accelerated perhaps by
the existence of some of the early English schools in this region (Fr Lyons
at Arpora, Mater Dei at Saligao, Sacred Heart at Parra, etc); other parts
of Goa got English schools much later.
A better test would be to see if the homes with 'lions at the gates' in
Salcete (where affluence and grand homes came from sources other than
overseas migration earlier on, it would seem) belong to Africanders. That
might give you an idea of how right or conjectural (let's avoid binaries,
as VJP says!) you are.
I'm open to be corrected on the arguments above; but don't dismiss it with
a label please. FN
On 6 November 2014 12:41, augusto pinto <pinto...@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear all,
There are stone lions on the gates of some Goan houses. In Moira I know of
at least 5 such houses. I think this motif signifies that it was built by
an Africander. I know for sure at least 2 of the Moira ones were. I've seen
the lions in other villages too.
Could anyone say whether I'm right or wrong?
Augusto
