------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007
http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10) Online Media Partner: http://www.GOANET.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Somehow the last line of the joke went missing; hence, posted again. CHOPKO BHOR CHONNEM (Handful of grams) "Khornan bazlele chonnem" (oven-fried grams) are Goans' favorite. As children, we always carried them in our pockets on our way to playfield. We eat them while we relax and chat, and with afternoon tea. Drinkers eat them as "chakna" with their drinks. Like nuts, they taste very good in the monsoon season. Anyone who visited Friday Mapusa bazaar would not and does not return home without buying at least one "podd" (a wooden measure) bazlele chonnem. Similarly, it's a must purchase at every feast fair in Goa. In the past, we usually stored them in a glass bottle, which was closed with a “guddi” (cork) so they remained sealed and fresh/crispy. These days, people store them in tins or plastic containers; thus, “kednaim te xelletat” (sometimes they become stale/soft). One day a mother went to Mapusa Friday bazaar with her young son. She decided to buy four “poddi” oven-fried grams. Since she was buying quite a big quantity, the “chonnekar” (grams vendor) kept on asking her son to take a handful of grams from the pile but the boy wouldn't. We know children are very clever so much so sometimes they outsmart their parents. No wonder they say “ek aikonchem khuim lhan-hachem nam zalear vhodd-hachem” (you listen either to a junior or senior). The following Konkani joke taken from Joe Rose’s audio cassette “Kantaram ani katkutleo” tells us why the boy wouldn’t take a handful of grams despite being forced: CHOPKO BHOR CHONNEM (Handful of grams) Ek bail aplea dakttea putak ghevn Mapxeam bazaran geli. Tinnem evzilem chear poddi chonnem ghevnk mhunnon. Itle sogott chonnem gheta mhunnon, tea chonnekaran tichea putak oxem mhuttlem: Chonnekar: Ar’re! Ek chopko mar’re, tuka thodde kadd re! Bhurgo: Mhaka naka. Chonnekar: Ar’re papiea! Loz nak re, tum kadd re tum! Bhurgo: Nam; mhaka naka. Chonnekar: Xi-xi-xi-xi! Lozta por, lozta. Hanga ie, hanv chopko marun tujea bolsan ghaltam. Chopko marun chonnekaran ek mutt bhor tachea bolsan chonnem ghatlet. Maim ani put dogaim matxe fuddem gelea uprant, main putak vincharlem: Maim: Ar’re baba, chonnekaran tuka ek chopko marun chonnem kadd mhuttlelet, te tuvem kiteak kaddunk naim? Bhurgo: Maim, tacho chopko mojea chopkea poros vhoddlo nhoi! (Mother, his handful is bigger than mine!) (From Dom’s antique shelf)! Moi-mogan, Domnic Fernandes Anjuna/Dhahran,KSA Tel: (966 3) 877-2744; Home: (966 3) 876-2676; Mobile: (966 5) 0281-9101 _________________________________________________________________ Search from any Web page with powerful protection. Get the FREE Windows Live Toolbar Today! http://toolbar.live.com/?mkt=en-in
