In response to Message: 7 Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 18:18:05 -0700 (PDT) From: PAES <bennetp...@yahoo.com> Subject: [Goanet] ATOP THE BARADI HILL
Bennet bab, Do "Mudana" and "Mudans" have the same meaning ? I am not sure if you have heard of places called Cabo-de-Rama, Nuem and Canaguinim. I remember as a kid of 7 or 8 years of age these three coastal hamlets use to get a lot of people mostly with families from Velim, Assolna and Cavelosim during the months of April and May. They would stay at these places for a week to a month, sleep in any one of the villagers open bolcaõs or verandas or even in the open at night and build bonfires, during the day they would all be at the beach side. Living there wasn't expensive as fish, shell fish, crabs and pork were cheap and found in abundance. Even today these places get strong westerly winds during this season which negates the heat and the humidity of the other parts of Goa, with lots of coconut trees for shade and the fresh spring water 24x7x365 it was an ideal place for a "mudans" or leisure. Those days even though excess to our area was difficult because of the rough and hilly terrain these people still walked for hours from Betul to one of these places, a walk from Betul to Cabo-de-Rama could take you anything between two to two and half hours depending on ones fitness, but they did it year after year without fail. I still remember one particular family and relatives of a priest by the name of Fr. Immaculado from Velim, who was kill in a road accident at the four road junction at Paddi, Quepem some 15 years ago. His whole family use to be there year after year and we use to have the rare privilege of a daily "Mass service" in our Chapel during his stay in our village as the priest who use to live in Cabo-de-Rama would come to Nuem only for the Sunday service. After the death of Fr. Immaculado the visits of his family became rare but now with the road access we have hoards of people visiting these areas for picnics on a daily basis, I still see a few younger members of Fr. Immaculad's family once in a while spending a day or two. The people who came for "mudans" were called "zonnkar" I have no idea if it's a Portuguese word for picnickers but it meant just that. I remember our elders say that now that the "zonnkar's" are come, fish will be scarce as they would buy most of the fish for themselves, and they did not care about the prices, for them it was cheap. Urak, coconut and cashew fenni was found in almost every house. Our area was good getaways for these people from Velim, Assolna and Cavelosim among them there would be a lot of Bombayites who had come down for holidays. Thanks Bennet, you brought back old memories ! ##################################################################################### The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. #####################################################################################
