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The bride always wears a western-style virgin-white wedding gown. Contemporary Goan Catholics typically have a White wedding. The bridal entourage usually consists of the Maid of Honour, Bridesmaids, Best man and Groomsmen. Ballroom dancing and live western-style band music are an integral part of a Goan Catholic wedding reception.
In the past, Goan Catholic women wore a hol, a white sheet over their saris, while going to Church. [113] [114] In the early period of Portuguese rule, Goan Catholic women were married in whites saris (hol) and changed into a red dress or sari, known as saddo, at home. [115] Women of the upper strata wore the Fota-Kimao after the Church ceremony.
This is caused by a combination of permanent emigration of native Goans from Goa to cosmopolitan Indian cities (e.g. Mumbai, Bangalore) and foreign countries, [19] combined with mass immigration of non-Goans from the rest of India since the 20th century, which has made Goans a virtual minority in the state. [20]
It was necessary for Catholic missionaries to learn the local Konkani language in order to carry out evangelic activities. Hence, during the 16th and 18th century, Catholic missionaries and priests contributed a lot for Goan Catholic literature by composing and publishing books in Konkani, as manual of devotion for converts. [2] [3]
The first mass conversions took place among the Brahmins of Divar and the Kshatriyas of Carambolim (Karmali). [ 16 ] All converts from Brahmin sub-castes ( Chitpavan Brahmin , Deshastha Brahmin , Karhada Brahmins , Saraswat Brahmin ) & the Daivadnyas ; were unified into a single Christian caste of Bamonn .
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goa and Daman (Latin: Archidioecesis Goanae et Damanensis, Goan Konkani: Gõy ani Damanv Mha-Dhormprant, Portuguese: Arquidiocese de Goa e Damão) encompasses the Goa state and the Damaon territory in the Konkan region, by the west coast of India.
Agnelo Gustavo Adolfo de Souza S.F.X. (21 January 1869 – 20 November 1927), was a Goan Roman Catholic priest of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier, Pilar who performed missionary work in the province of Goa, then part of Portuguese India.