[Goanet] Canecos

[Antonio Menezes]

No matter what the word actually may mean,it is possible that the Portuguese
and their
half-breeds the mestissos  called native Goans  ,   Canarins in Goa,
Canecos in
Mozambique ( Con Menezes post dated  july 14 ). Another word  which was
freely
used during the colonial days in Goa was  CANALHAS.
These desterrados (exiles) obviously hankered after white (or brancas )
c*nas  and in
their frustration appear to have showered native Goans with similarly
sounding
scornful words.
Antonio