At the time of wedding, bride’s mother has to prepare sandwiches. What reasons does the writer give to support his point ?Īns: No festival in Goa is complete without bakery products-be it marriages, engagements or any other ceremony.
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When the author was young, they wore a shirt and a trouser that was longer than a half pant and shorter than a full pant.Īns: The baker attracted the children not by his jingle or by the loaves of bread he sold but attracted the children by the bread bangles or the special sweet bread he sold.īaking was considered essential in a traditional Goan village. It was a long single piece of frock reaching down to the knees. What did the bakers wear when the author was young ?Īns: The bakers in the Portuguese days wore a peculiar dress called the ‘Kabai’.
The Portuguese were very famous for their bread. What are the elders in Goa nostalgic about ?Īns: The elders in Goa are nostalgic about the good old Portuguese days and the Portuguese loaves of bread. Even a baker with a plump physique was called as to have a “ Jack-fruit like appearance ”. Their plump bodies showed that they were happy and prosperous. Baking was a profitable business in those days. It was a profitable profession during those days because Portuguese were lovers of fresh baked loaves. All the accounts were written on some wall in the premises with a pencil. The baker usually collected his bills at the end of the month. Even today if anyone dares to go out in the streets wearing half pants, he is referred to as a ‘pader’ (means baker). The baker was usually dressed in a kabai, a long frock reaching down to the knees or a shirt and a trousers which were shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants. The lady of the house prepared sandwiches on the occasion of her daughter’s engagement and bolinhas would be prepared for Christmas and other festivals. No marriage was complete until and unless the traditional ‘bol’ was served. The various kinds of bread were very important for all occasions. The children would not even brush their teeth and ate bangles made of bread with tea. The author recalls the aroma of loaves that filled the air. The children would be pushed aside and the loaves would be delivered to the maid servant. They ran for getting the bread bangles, which were a specially made sweet bread.Īs the baker came, he would call out the lady of the house and wish her ‘Good Morning’. Whenever someone came to him buy bread, he placed the basket on the bamboo. With one hand the baker supported the basket of bread on his head and with the other, he struck the ground with the bamboo. He made the sound ‘ jhang, jhang ‘ by banging his bamboo on the ground. The baker’s bamboo stick was a special one. He used to visit twice a day, once in the morning during his selling hours and then again while returning after selling all his bread. The writer remembers his childhood days when the baker used to be their friend, companion and guide. This profession has been continued by the baker’s descendants. The loaves were baked in time tested furnaces. Mixing, moulding and baking were the areas of specialisation of making a bread. Bread making was an art which needed perfection. Bread making started from the Portuguese days. But the traditional work of the bakers can still be seen in Goa. The Portuguese were famous for preparing the loaves of bread. Although, with the passage of time, people do not eat so much bread, yet the village bakers are still there. I n this extract, the author remembers his old days in Goa when the village baker occupied an important place in life. This is a pen portrait of the traditional Goan village baker, who is still remembered by Goans. Part – 3: Tea From Assam by Arip Kumar Datta Part – 1: A Baker From Goa by: Lucio Rodrigues Part – 1: A Baker From Goa by Lucio Rodrigues
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