Talking of Jocu Melo, many were the Loutulim summer dances organized in his vast house that I attended. If one had a wish to meet the lovely belles of Loutulim, that would be the occasion. Provided of course one was hardy enough or filled with enough spirit to face the chaperons of these girls (usually a strict mother or aunt). Not only that, it was the first time I came across the system where when asked a girl for a dance, she would first have to get a nod from her duenna and then you would hear "I am free for the fifth dance". Of course after a few Indian Navy rums, it was always difficult to count.
In later years our friend the never aging Emiliano Cruz discovered the charms of Lillon, one of the daughters of the house and became the ghor-zavoinn. Jocu Melo must have turned in his grave when Emiliano decided to turn the back-yard into a pig-farm sending powerful stinks wafting over to my grandmother's house across the fields and to the rest of that part of Vanxem. Of course Emiliano must have been a struggling musician then and probably loved by the vaddo, for it resorted to complaining about it only much later. By that time Emiliano probably had no need of supplementary income. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:45 AM, Gabriel de Figueiredo<gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > Correct - however, my Dad told me that Dr. Baronio Monteiro declared, in his > wisdom, that it was the most logical tunic for the tropics. BTW, I think > Mario imortalized him in a cartoon with Dr. Baronio in the cabaia doffing his > cap to Roque Barneto, Jocu Melo, Eufeumiano Alvares, the Faleiro brothers et > al at the pedda ... > > And I've a photograph of the Tuna with distinguished gentleman in the cabaia > holding a flute. > > Cheers, > > Gabriel. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Alfred de Tavares <alfredtava...@hotmail.com> > To: GOANET Lists <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Sent: Monday, 13 July, 2009 11:14:44 PM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] The Cabaia.... á là Dr. Barónio Monteiro > > > Gabriel, > > > > The most fervent adherent of the "cabaia" in Goa, our own illustrious > Lotlekar, > > Dr Barónio Monteiro? > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. > Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail > -- Roland Francis http://roland-torontogoan.blogspot.com +1 (416) 453.3371