To Goanet - Sunday, January 6, 2008:
The Cansaulim monarch is vested and blessed by the family elders - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-01.jpg http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-02.jpg The village band was in attendance and the musicians responded to my Konkani with their Konkani. The upper class Sashtikars, on the other hand, were all Englishkars - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-03.jpg The procession wends its way through village streets, then through fields - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-04.jpg http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-05.jpg http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-06.jpg http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-07.jpg Hindus from the nearby villages came to the festa - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-08.jpg The Cansaulim King arrives for his rendezvous with the Royals from Cuelim and Arossim - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-09.jpg The beautiful Sofia Costa of Majorda - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-10.jpg The final trek up the hill to the Chapel of Our Lady of Remedios - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/Cansaulim-11.jpg Warm regards, r Insult of the year: Frankey Fernandes of NDTV mistaking me for a bhailo ! The Lord always has a way of getting back at you. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
