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पोर्तुगीज महाकवी लुई वाझ डी केमॉईसचा गोव्यातील पूर्णाकृती पुतळा आधी फोडला गेला, मग हटवला गेला, त्याची गोष्ट पडघम  - साहित्यिक कामिल पारखे पोर्तुगीज महाकवी लुई वाझ डी केमॉईसचा गोव्यातील पुतळा Fri , 31 July 2020 पडघम साहित्यिक लुई वाझ डी केमॉईस Luís Vaz de Camões जॉर्ज फ्लॉयड George Floyd ब्लॅक लाइव्हज मॅटर्स Black Lives Matters काही दिवसांपूर्वी अमेरिकेत जॉर्ज फ्लॉइड या आफ्रिकन-अमेरिकन व्यक्तीची मान एका श्वेतवर्णीय पोलीस अधिकाऱ्याने आपल्या गुढघ्याखाली दाबून धरल्याने त्याचा घुसमुटून मृत्यू झाला. त्यानंतर तीव्र झालेल्या ‘ब्लॅक लाईव्हज मॅटर’ या आंदोलनांतर्गत अमेरिका, युरोपमध्ये विन्स्टन चर्चिल, कोलंबस, एडवर्ड कोल्स्टन यांचे पुतळे पाडले गेले. कारण हे लोक साम्राज्यवादी वा त्याचे समर्थक होते. ३७ वर्षांपूर्वी गोव्यातही पोर्तुगीज महाकवी लुई वाझ डी केमॉईसचा पुतळाही याच कारणांवरून पाडला गेला होता. त्याची ही हकिकत... ... १. गोव्याला पर्यटक म्हणून येणारे बहुतेक सर्व जण जुन्या गोव्याला हमखास भेट देतात. कारण म्हणजे त्याचे मध्ययुगीन काळातले स्थान आणि त्या ऐतिहासिक काळ...

When statue of poet Louis Camoes in Goa was removed... The Black Lives Matter protests in the USA and Europe have called for removal of statues of some persons including Winston Churchill for their alleged dubious roles in treatment to the black community. This reminds me how a statue of celebrated literary giant Luis Vaz de Camoes in Old Goa was removed in 1980s, two decades after Goa was liberated from the Portuguese regime. There is an important circle in Old Goa no visitor to this former capital of Goa under the Portuguese regime will ever miss. This circle is at the entrance of the impressive Se Cathedral, the white 17th century edifice and the largest church in Old Goa. This circle comes into prominence especially on December 3, the feast of St. Francis Xavier, and once a decade exposition of the relics of this patron saint of Goa. At the centre of the circle was once a pedestal. A huge statue of Portuguese poet Luis Vaz de Camoes placed on the pedestal was the centr...

The Navhind Times, Panjim, Goa,  December 3, 1982 Their way of reaching Him By Camil Parkhe Panjim, Dec. 3 – Among the thousands who flocked the Bom Jesu Basilica at Old Goa was a ‘strange’ group of a few pilgrims coming to touch the feet of St. Francis Xavier at Old Goa, today shattered many people’s conceptions, beliefs about Christianity which they had preserved for many years. The group of 27 pilgrims, coming from Ajara (Kolhapur district) was led by a Jesuit priest. Fr. Prabhudhar, and Santaji, a young man. A majority of them were college students, some even of only 17 years of age. Crossing everyday 35 kms. On an average they covered the distance of 140 kms. On foot in four days. The strange thing people found in them was that these pilgrims, though hardcore Catholics, were singing Marathi, Konkani Bhajans and that also along with the tune of cymbals (tal) around their necks! These Warkaris, chanting Nam-japa or even Abhangas of Sant Tukaram a prominent saint fro...