Guest guest Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 --- seain <dcseain@g...> wrote: > Fri, 4 Nov 2005 08:54:51 -0500 > seain > panthea > Re: Protests of Postage Stamp > > I know the Portugueses-descended Sefardic Jews who > live in Goa sport a > Vaishnava-style tilak mark on the foreheads. > > On 11/3/05, Len Rosenberg <kalipadma108> > wrote: > > > > > > I think Seain is referring to the devotees of > Saint > > Thomas, who are definitely Christians (and Kochu > > implies that they are mixed race, decended from > > children of European priests who impregnated > Indian > > women). > > > > It seems very unlikely that Christians would wear > a > > Vaishnava-style tilak mark on the forehead. But I > saw > > a PBS special a year ago about Indian Christians > in > > Kerala, and they appropriate all sorts of Hindu > > symbols (my favorite was a pair of elephants > flanking, > > not Lakshmi, but a simple Christian cross growing > out > > of a lotus). So I wouldn't swear to anything, one > way > > or t'other. > > > > -- Len > > > > > > --- Dahnè <weedfam@g...> wrote: > > > > > My question would be whether the MarThomans are > also > > > Hindu? If they > > > are and they wear hindu markings(?), then I > suppose > > > we are looking at > > > the latest pretzel twist to be PC at mid-winter > than > > > to be fair. > > > > > > b*b > > > d > Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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