What should have been the pivot of Sabby’s interior monologue is the painful
exclusion of the tailoring community from the lives of elite Goans. But this is
addressed only peripherally (pp 100-102). In actual fact, a collection of oral
histories of former East African Goans deposited with the B
Dear Manuel,
George Pinto could clarify regarding Padre Jose Vaz. He's associated with
the Padre Jose Vaz Institute in San Francisco.
Eugene
Thanx folks for "resurrecting"- this age old topic. Whilst many of you have made
many significant contributions, I would wish to expound on the subject.
To this effect, I will make reference to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - although
it is believed that in Kampala, Uganda , and Nairobi and Mombasa
Eugene is right on the premise that St Catherine is the patron saint of Goa but
he is wrong in his portrayal of Padre Jose Vaz who is only beatified as yet and
not yet elevated to sainthood and may never be. But all Goans have the notion
that St Francis Xavier by virtue of his internment in Goa
I remember very fondly our next door neighbors in our flat in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania (then
Tanganyika). From birth till the age of 12 and a half when my parents returned
to Goa, I spent a
lot of time with my neighbors who were all tailors. In a single bedroom flat
there were about 9 men, who
Arre my Toronto bhava, Manuel, St. Francis was NEVER, NEVER the OFFICIAL
patron Saint of Goa. Saint Catherine de Siena or Saint Catherine de
Alexandria (one of them to whom the Se Cathedral is dedicated -- no time to
check Goa history books or google).
St. Francis is still Goencho Saib.. But in po
There were many Goan tailors in Pune. On a visit to Pune I went to meet one
family because I was told to go there by one of their relatives in Mumbai.
I was have a souvenir published by the Pune tailors' society on the
occasion of the Feast of St. Francis Xavier, the patron of tailors. I was
told
In the early days, Tailors were workers hired by people to who had special
occasions like Weddings etc to sew garments for the bride to be and her
relatives.the bride would take these clothes with her to her husbands house on
wedding to commence her new life.. These Tailors moved from house to
RESPONSE: Jomo Kenyatta first President of independent Kenya had his suits
stitched by a Goan tailor in Nairobi - Alleluia Fernandes. Fernandes is
mentioned in Theresa Albuquerque's book on Kenya Goans; he came to Nairobi
as a young boy and got to stitching for the British Army and then moved on.
H
Mervyn,
I fully agree with you that it was us Goans who were
responsible for the state of affairs. I was only responding
to a query as to why tailors were not so well treated .
Any misunderstanding caused is deeply regretted.
Antonio
Antonio Menezes wrote:
>The reason why Goan tailors in the then East Africa were not held in
>high esteem was because they had little or no knowledge of English
>language. They hailed mostly from Salcete which in the pre-WW 2
>period had . very few English schools. Comparatively other manual
>w
The reason why Goan tailors in the then East Africa were not held in
high esteem was because they had little or no knowledge of English
language. They hailed mostly from Salcete which in the pre-WW 2
period had . very few English schools. Comparatively other manual
workers like caterers, mechani
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