----- Original Message ----- From: Sirgio Mascarenhas To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 MESSAGE of SUPPORT from Mr. Mascarenhas I am glad to see that the World Goa Day is becoming a major event for the Goan communities spread around the world. It signals a major evolution in the concept of a Goan and of Goa, in other terms, in their identity. Goans are today an international community based on culture, history and traditions. Geography is no longer a definer since where there is a Goan, there is Goa. Of course, this beautiful land where I've been fortunate to live for the last three years, is still a reference, in the same sense that the parents house are a reference to their grown-up children: Goa is the ancestral house for all Goans. Um grande abrago para todos os amigos goeses que tive o priviligio de fazer em Goa e por esse mundo fora. Sirgio Mascarenhas Delegate Fundacao Orient in India. Panjim , Goa. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
