The Kings journey back home: - Video Three little kings are Lesdom Lelis Fernandes, Cavell Bento Saldanha and Stephen Wiron Baretto Xavier of Cansaulim, Arossim and Cuelim After the feast high mass, the kings make their journey downward which started at 12.30noon and ended at Cansaulim Church square at 2.10. Inbetween the 1.5hr of journey, the king entourage makes 7 stops (Traditional halting stations) where crowns of the kings taken off and briefly touched to the peoples heads as if making them also a king for a split second. they also kiss the large Crosses chained around the kings neck. King usually hold the cross in their hand (watch video) First such stop is at the foothill at Cuelim, second station about 350 mtrs away, passing through the fields, then come the 3rd Halt at Xendo fields. The entourage then comes off the field and take the road towards Cuelim- Borsulem but at the pond or lake it takes right to reach Goykars house next to T B Cunha ancestors House (also shown in the Video). At this halt, traditionally, pez or Kanji was served but now just a soft drink. It then then pass through the Pand hollow passage way to come out again on to the main road towards Cuelim - Cansaulim Church Road. Near Late Alberto Cunha House but on the main road is the 5th Station. Immediately, say after 100 mtrs comes the 6th Station infront of Regidor House. I guess this halt was introduced to honour the then Regidor during Portuguese time. Regidor could mean a collector or administrator of Municipality. Following the same road come the 7th Station at Barca where Kings come off from the horse back a reast on a a bench or sofa. At this place horses are also given some refreshment (Horses are hired from Belgaum, Kolhapur etc). 8th station is at in front of the St. Thomas Church. The horses/kings stand in line facing the Church (see pics). Here they will sing Laudate and sort of flag / Bonderam waving act at the Church Main door. Each king entourage has it won large flag - see pic/ video From here, the Cuelim King and his entourage take different way out / route and the remaining kings will follow the main Cansaulim road upto to say Market from where they go their own but traditional ways or route to reach their homes or destination i.e. Cansaulim and Arossim. Please not the kings have their 3 different paths or trails to reach the hill top. However, when coming down they will follow another common trail as shown in the video in the beginning. All these 3+1 trails are called Paz or Reyamchi Paz (Kings route or trail) Each King entourage has its own brass band and they will play in turns to keep up with the continuity as can be seen in the video. Video https://youtube/watch?v=pwpe6HRGeyI
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 11:51:46 +0000
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