recent as 5 years ago, when the tradition was
discontinued due to lack of participation, as my mother informs me.
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> From: Alfred de Tavares
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> Sent: Thu, 2 December, 2010 1:42:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Is the Goan ladin the same as the Am
Hello Goanetters,
The Goan Ladainha is a 'Start of Celebration' for almost anything
Gayatri Sankar is completely wrong.
These people are just trying their art of lying to the
gullible and thereby becoming known.
The Ladainha is the portuguese name of the Litany in
Englis
et] Is the Goan ladin the same as the American
Thanksgiving?
As far as I know, a Ladainha can be sung at any time of tne year. It may be to
give thanks for an auspicious event, eg after the birth of a child, or the
blessing of a house, etc.
In my family, we used to have a Ladainha (feast) af
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> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Is the Goan ladin the same as the American
> Thanksgiving?
>
> As far as I know, a Ladainha can be sung at any time of tne year. It may be
> to give thanks for an auspicious event, eg after the birth of a child, or the
>
As far as I know, a Ladainha can be sung at any time of tne year. It may be to
give thanks for an auspicious event, eg after the birth of a child, or the
blessing of a house, etc.
In my family, we used to have a Ladainha (feast) after a nine-day rosary of Our
Lady of Sorrows (sung in Latin and
Last week I learnt that the Goans in the Uk were housekeepers. This week, I am
learning that the American Thanksgiving is celebrated in Goa as the Ladin.
Writes Gayatri Sankar "Indian’s lifestyle and culture have had a great
influence
from the West and Thanksgiving Day is one such custom whi
