[saligaonet] July 8th saligao News
July 8, Saligao News. --Death--- Prof. Eduardo de Sousa( 1909-2004)( Ganvkar of Saligao, belonging to the 9th Vangor of the Communidade de Saligao), died on 06-07-2004 in Pilerne. Relict of Lidia, beloved father of Ercilia/ late Mario, Dr. Emerico/ Piedade, Eslidio/Lia, Ehrlich/Suzette, Eromila Filomena, brother-in-law of Alvaro/Flavia, grandfather of Winston, Rose, Emerson, Estilia,, Esmarch, Ehrlson Erushka. The funeral mass will be held at Pilerne Church at 4. p.m. on 10th July, 2004, followed by burial in Pilerne. He was born on 15-11-1909. --The Fama of St. Anne will be held on 22nd July and the Novenas in honour of St. Anne will begin at St. Annes Chapel, from 23rd July, 2004( Friday). The feast is on 1st August, 2004. The Fama of Santo Caetano in Arrarim Chapel is on 29th July and the novenas begin on 30th July( Friday). The feast will be celebrated on 8th August. --Saligao Sporting Club will organize their annual indoor games for the members from July 18. Carrom and table tennis tournaments will be conducted for boys and girls/ juniors/ seniors/ veterans. Those interested should submit their entries to Mr. Lelis Pereira or Mr. Hipolito D Silva, at the club premises( Mudddavaddi) before July 16. Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners and runners-up in each discipline. This is an Indoor Tournament.( Courtesy Herald). Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas
[saligaonet] Request for info...
Shanon and Janice D'Sa's suggestion of listing made-in-Saligao products and services is interesting. Could anyone else offer help to compile information on: + Various organisations in Saligao and their contact persons(whether church or temple, education-based, sports clubs, consumer associations, Saligao Institute committee, etc). + Neighbourhood projects that could take shape. + Church timings of activities + Extra-curricula activities for children at Lourdes Convent and the other schools. + List of political representatives with contact details (MLA, panchayat members, etc) + A neighbourhood directory (the Saligao Consumer Forum had come out with an interesting one some time back, whom to complain to in case of power failures, etc). Also, could each one on this list send me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) details of their name, email, phone and address -- so that we could have an accurate list of Saligaonet members? I'm sure this information could help our village to get more 'connected' -- in a non-cyber sense too. FN =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--W-E-B--S-I-T-E--=-=-=-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from Saligaonet | http://www.goacom.com/saligao_tinto/ * Send e=mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NOT [EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Leave SUBJECT blank --- Commom Mistake !! * On first line of the BODY of your message, type: subscribe saligaonet YOUR.EMAIL OR unsubscribe saligaonet YOUR.EMAIL Questions/Problems? Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[saligaonet] Communidade de Saligao---V
Communidade de Saligao-V We studied that in 1500, Goa was unequivocally settled as part of the Adil Shah kingdom. Administration was left to the village ganvkars, and ancient chiefs of `mahals like sardessai and dessai were confirmed in their offices. The European invasion began in 1510 and it was from Adil Shah that the Portuguese, under Afonso Albuquerque, conquered Tiswadi, the island of Goa. Timaji, the governor of Honavar and a Vijaynagar admiral has established good relations with the first viceroy, Francisco de Almeida, who had no territorial ambitions for the Portuguese. If Timaji attacked ships it was on orders from his king of Vijayanagar, whose ports of Bhatkal and Honavar were loosing trade to Adil Shahs Goa, the favoured port. Ships that disobeyed Timajis instructions to berth at these ports were plundered. When Afonso de Albuquerque, who had territorial ambitions, appeared on the scene, Timaji was able to assure him a victory against Adil Shah. Ambitious and knowledgable, he succeeded in his plans, but his hopes of becoming governor of Goa were thwarted by Albuquerque who had other plans. He was made aquazil mor, chief tanadar, given the power of justice over Hindus and Muslims in the territory and other benefits, all of which he lost and regained in part depending on his relations with Albuquerque, whose gradual distrust of the man deepened. The ganvkars must have felt threatened soon after Albuquerques conquest of Goa Even before the process of conversion was under way, land became an issue with Portuguese settlers wishing to own forest lands and palm groves. A royal proclamation stating that all lands should be distributed to the settlers since they now belonged to the king was strongly resented. Protests by ganvkars led to a rescinding of the proclamation. The ganvkars membership of the communidade was inalienable and exclusive, and could only be transferred to male heirs. No ruler before the Portuguese had tinkered with the communidades. Muslim rulers and the other kings who had ruled over Goa had conferred fiefdoms to loyalist who collected taxes, attended to defence and other matters, but these measures did not impinge on the working life of an ancient agrarian society, as long as the taxes were paid. The duty of tax collection from individuals was taken care of by the ganvkars: each village paid a fixed amount, as land tax through the communidade directly to the ruler. The ganvkars were allowed to continue sharing the residue of the profits as before after all dues were discharged.(5) .. to be continued. Compiled by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas.(5). COUTO, Maria Aurora, op. cit., pp.86 163
[saligaonet] Communidade de Saligao--VI
Communidade de Saligao---VI The first encounter of the Portuguese administration with the ganvkari is expressed in an elaborate study of the local tradition by Afonso Mexia in Foral dos Usos e Costumes dos Gaoncares e Lavradores desta Ilha de Goa e Outros Annexos nela.( Charter of Habits and Customs of the the Ganvkars and Non-Ganvkar Workers of the Island of Goa and its Dependencies, 1526)which sets outs the charter of uses and customs of ganvkars and peasants of the island of Goa and other territories annexed to it, that is the gifted territories of Salcete and Bardes which also had their Foral de Salcete e Bardez( Chater of Salcete and Bardez). Here then is the first instance in which, under the guise of codification, the local was brought under the purview of the colonial to empower the latter to comprehend and then exercise subtle changes within an age-old system. But the real disruption of an organic whole began after 1540, when aggressive measures to convert scattered the population, dividing clans and families. In the process, vast quantities of land changed hands; from temples to the church, from those who fled never to return to those who acquiesced perhaps not quite knowing what exactly was in store. As converts they take pride in not having lost their share in the communidade, since all those who fled to escape conversion automatically forfeited their place within the system. Many of these families consist of converts who fled to the outskirts of Goa during the maratha invasions of Bardez between 1654 and 1740, or to escape the excesses of Inquisition which south to change their socio-cultural customs and to suppress konkani. There were some who sought refuge when epidemics threatened their lives. Known as Bardezkars because most of them fled from the villages of Bardez, they are now a small but vibrant Konkani speaking community settled on the Western Ghats in areas of Karnataka and Maharashtra. Their link with Goa is through the village community of their ancestry and the land where some of them still have a share. No matter where he is, the goan villager returns to inscribe his sons name in the communidade register. Since the very sense of self was inseparable from membership of the ganvkari, land became the central issue: they would have lost all if they went into exile; instead they could retain their holdings and could add to it, or in case of kulacharins( outsiders helpers), they could earn the status and rights of membership of the ganvkari. This is the basis of communal harmony in Goa, this system that looked after everyone irrespective of caste. Land and the community spirit bound our ancestors. However, the history of mass conversions as well as individual ones is complex and far removed from the blurred and distorted version that suits contemporary discourse. Archival records illuminate the reconstruction of life and varieties of human experience in those troubled times. Careful analysis of old records would provide insights into social transformations within Goan society and would promote a better understanding of human experience at the time. More importantly, such a study would destroy the basis of political conclusions which are being drawn today based on bare statements of historical fact which do not take into account the human dimension--- the grey areas of experience through which the decision to convert was negotiated(6) to be continued Compiled by Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas. (6). COUTO, Maria Aurora, op. cit., pp.150-160 163-165
[saligaonet] communidade de Saligao-VII
Communidade de Saligao---VII The Provinces of Bardez and Salcete were ceded to the Portuguese in 1543 by Ibrahim Adi Khan, though the treaty of peace was signed only in 1571. These two territories added to Ilhas, the territory they already had occupied, were known as Velhas Conquistas( Old Conquests). This cession was confirmed in the year 1548-9, when Garcia de Sa was Governor. During the incumbency of Dom Pedro Mascarenhas as Viceroy, 1554-5, the whole enclave, except for the City of Goa and its immediate surroundings, was divided among the Religious Orders. The Dominicans were given fifteen villages in Ilhas, the Jesuits rest of Ilhas and the Province of Salcete. Bardez was entrusted to the Franciscans( Observants). It is generally assumed that this division took place in 1555. In his letter, dated Goa, 6 December1555, Antonio de Quadros S.J., refers to this division and explicitly states that it was made by Dom Pedro Mascarenhas. There are, however, authors who say that the Franciscans already in the years 1550-52 constructed a Church at Verem and dedicated it to the Holy Magi( Reis Magos). There is no doubt that the division of the territory and the official assignment of Bardez to the Franciscans occurred in 1555, but it is possible that before that year the Franciscans were already engaged in this Province. Verem was the first Church built by the Franciscans( 1555) The 450 years celebrations will be held at Reis Magos in 2005 it is known through authoritative sources. Next came Candolim Church in 1560 and also the Church of Nagoa in that same year(1560). The territory under the jurisdiction of Holy Trinity Church of Nagoa was Siolim, Oxel, Anjuna-Assagao, Parra, Nagoa, Arpora and part of Baga and Saligao which Frei Paulo de Trindade, O.F.M. says was one of the principal villages and very large, entirely inhabited by Brahmins, who have all been converted, so that very few or hardly any pagans? are left( Vide, Meersman, Fr. Achilles, O.F.M., The Ancient Franciscan Provinces In India, Bangalore, 1971, p.107).When Frei Paulo de Trindade O.F.M wrote the chronicles of Nagoa, Saligao was christianized and those who did not want to change their religion fled with deities to the territory of Advalpale, in Bicholim taluka then under the Sultan of Sawantwadi in the XVI century. The meticulous Church historian late Msgr Canon F.X. Gomes Catao says That the entire village of Saligao was christianized by the year 1636 and the Communidade de Saligao contributed its mite for the cult at Nagoa Church( Vide Souvenir of Mae de Deus Church, 1873-1973). From 1560 till 1873 Saligao people were taken care of spiritually first by Franciscan Observants and later on from 1767 by the Diocesan priests which continues up to the present day.. The Communidade de Saligao made considerable expenses to the Church of Nagoa from 1813 to 1841 to the tune of 9084:3:15( Vide, Xavier, Filipe Neri, Bosquejo Historico das Communidades, Vol II, p.467.) and till 1961 to Saligao Church. Few years later a fund was created called Church Maintenance Fund(CMF) which support the church and recently the CMF is merged into Fabrica da Igreja de Saligao This back-drop closes with this posting. In subsequent articles we will be speaking specifically of the Communidade de Saligao to be continued. Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas
