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International Cuisine Conference on Traditional Asian Diet Panaji, Goa, September 2-5, 2007 - http://www.indologygoa.in Online Media Partner: http://www.goanet.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I suppose if years of > colonialism have brainwashed you to think of > yourself as > second-class to whites, then any white stamp is an > honour. This doormat mentality afflicts Goans > too including mindless church feasts to celebrate > long dead European saints who had no connection > or interest in Goa, not to mention membership in the > Knights of Columbus (also a mass murderer). > > Regards, > George --------------------------------------------------- A lot of mindless things are done in the name of religion and even more mindless things are done to gain acceptance in this world, but I don't think celebrating village feasts is one of them. The poor, hapless souls who celebrate these feasts do not even know who the saints are, their nationality irrelevant to them. They don't have anything to gain by being validated by the "white man", nor have they read clever books to realise the redundancy of what they are doing. They are simple people who are trying to propitiate God to intervene in the helplessness of their lives. Until they are transformed by education, they will continue to do so, but we can't assign motives to their veneration. selma ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz