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Interesting Fred.
This proverb written in Devnagiri is Fatarpechyean(not Fatorpechyean).
V.P. Chavan also includes an analogous proverb, Kashila ghele mhunzhe
Prayag javal. Having gone to Kashi means Prayag is nearby. If it is
the same Fatorpa, this means as you speculate, that it was outside the
known boundaries of Goa--but was Quepem ever outside Goa, or just the
village Fatorpa/Fatarpa? Perhaps this has to do with the Novo
Conquistas. One would think this proverb has been around in excess of
a couple of centuries--also considering that pilgrims would visit that
Shantadurga temple there from far. If it indeed is Fatarpa and not
Fatorpa, the proverb would be saying, Having gone to Fatarpem(the
village) means Goa is close by.
Now do not tell me that Goa was ever close to Tughlakabad or Nayii
Dilli, or Bihar!
venantius
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> From: " Frederick [FN] Noronha * ???????? ??????? "
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [Goanet] If you reach Fatorpa...
> OLD KONKANI SAYING: If you reach Fatorpa, Goa isn't far away...
> (Fatorpechyean goem lagim.)
> >From The Konkani Proverbs by V P Chavan... guess it only highlights
> the changing nature of "Goa's" borders.
