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| Glimpses of India : A Baker from Gao |
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Glimpses of India 1 : A Baker from Goa
Summary (In simple English)
The elders of Goa are often heard remembering fondly about those good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese people and their famous loaves of bread. The consumers of those days might have vanished but the bakers are still there. The people still have among them the mixers and moulders and the bakers. Those age old time tested wovens are still there to be found. The fire in the ovens has not yet been put off. The thud and jingle of the traditional baker's bamboo announcing his arrival in the morning can still be heard in same places. May be, the father is not alive, but the son is there to carry on the family profession. The bakers are known as padar in Goa.
During the writer's childhood in Goa, the baker used to be their friend, companion and guide. He used to visit at least twice a day. Once he came in the morning to sell the loaves and again he came when his huge basket was empty. The bamboo thud of the baker with its jingling sound woke up the inmates of the houses who ran to meet him. Why did the children run? It was not because of the loaf. The loaf was bought by some maid servant of the house. The children longed for those bread bangles which they had chosen so carefully. Sometimes it was sweet bread of special make. The baker announced his arrival with the music of his specially made bamboo staff. He held the basket on head with his one hand while with the other he banged the ground. He would greet the lady of the house wishing good morning to her and then place the basket on the vertical bamboo. The children would be pushed aside with mild rebuke and the leaves were delivered to the maid servant. But the children would not give up, climbing on a bench or a parapet they would peep into the basket. The author could still remember the typical fragrance of those loaves. The loaves for the elders and bangles for the children. The children did not wash their mouth or brush properly. The reason was that they had to pluck mango leaves for tooth brush and they did not like to take the trouble. They thought that it was not necessary. For example the tiger never brushed its teeth. The children thought that hot tea could wash and clean everything so nicely.
Marriage gifts were useless without the sweet bread called bol. It was as essential as bread in a feast. Not enough can be said to show the importance of a baker in a village. The lady of the house must prepare sandwiches for the occasion of his daughter's engagement. Cakes and bolinhas are a must for christmas as well as other festivals. Thus the presence of the baker's oven in the village is essential. The baker or bread-seller wore a special dress in those days called kabai. It was a single piece long frock reaching down to the knees. During the author's childhood he the baker was seen wearing a shirt and trousers which were in between full pants and full shirts. The trousers were shorter than full length pants and longer than half pants. Even today a person who wears half pant extending below his knees is said to have dressed like a padar. Usually the baker collected his bills at the end of the month. Monthly
accounts were recorded on the walls in pencil. In olden days baking was a profitable profession and the bakes and his family never starved. The baker, his family and their servants looked happy and rich. This plump bodies testified that fact. Even to day a person with jack fruit like shape is easily compared to a baker.
অসমীয়াত সাৰাংশ
গোৱাৰ ৰুটি তৈয়াৰ কৰা লোক এজন। এইটো গোৱাৰ গাঁৱৰ পৰম্পৰাগত ৰুটিওৱালা এজনৰ আক্ষৰিক বৰ্ণনা। ৰুটিবালা জন বর্তমানো গুৰুত্বপূৰ্ণ লোক। গোৱাৰ গাঁও এখনৰ কটি তৈয়াৰ কৰা এজন লোকৰ এইয়া এক আক্ষৰিক বৰ্ণনা। কটি তৈয়াৰ কৰা লোকজনৰ আজিও সমাজত এক গুৰুত্বপূৰ্ণ ভূমিকা আছে। -
আমাৰ বয়োজ্যেষ্ঠ সকলে প্ৰায়ে স্মৃতি ৰোমন্থন কৰি তাহানিৰ পৰ্টুগীজ শাসনৰ সুদিনবোৰ স্মৰণ কৰা শুনা যায়। তেওঁলোকে সেই পর্তুগীজ লোক সকল আৰু তেওঁলোকৰ বিখ্যাত • পাওৰুটিৰ কথা কোৱা শুনা যায়। সেই পাওরুটি খাওঁতাসকল হয়তো নোহোৱা হৈ গৈছে। কিন্তু কটি তৈয়াৰ কৰা লোকসকল আছে। আমাৰ মাজত মিশ্ৰণ কৰোতাসকল, গঢ়নদিয়া লোকসকল আৰু ৰুটি সেকা লোকসকল আছে। সেই যুগ যুগ পুৰণি, সময়ৰ সোতত পৰীক্ষিত ঢোকাবোৰ আছে। সেই টুকোবোৰৰ জুইকুৰা এতিয়াও নিৰ্বাপিত হোৱা নাই। পৰম্পৰাগত ৰ টিলাৰ বাঁহডালৰ ঠপ ঠপ শব্দ জুন জুন শব্দবোৰে ৰাতিপুৱাই তেওঁৰ আগমনৰ বতৰা দিয়ে কাৰণ কোনো কোনা ঠাইত সেই শব্দবোৰ এতিয়াও শুনা যায়। হয়তো বাপেক জীয়াই থকা নাই, কিন্তু পুতেকেই পৰিয়ালৰ ঐতিহ্যমণ্ডিত ব্যৱসায় চলাই আছে। গোৱাত আজিও এই ৰুটিৱালাবোৰক 'পাদাৰ' বুলি জনা যায়।
গোৱাত আমাৰ ল'ৰালি কালত ৰুটিরালাজন আমাৰ বন্ধু, সংগী আৰু পৰিচালক আছিল । তেওঁ দিনটোত কমেও দুবাৰ আহিছিল। এবাৰ আহিছিল ৰাতিপুৱা ৰুটি বিক্ৰি কৰিবলৈ আৰু আনবাৰ আহিছিল বস্তু বিক্ৰি কৰাৰ পাচত বিশাল উদং পাচিটো লৈ। ঝন ঝন শব্দ কৰি বাঁহৰ লাঠিডালেৰে ঠক ঠককৈ কৰা শব্দ শুনি আমি বিচনাৰপৰা উঠি আহো আৰু তেওঁক অভিনন্দন জনাবলৈ আমি দৌৰি আহো। আমি বাক কিয় তেনে কৰিছিলো? ৰুটি ভাল পাওঁ বাবে নেকি? মুঠেও নহয়, কাৰণ ৰুটিবোৰ কোনোবা প্যাচকাইন, ব্যাচটাইন নামৰ ঘৰুৱা লিগিৰীজনীয়ে ৰাখিছিল। আমি পচন্দ কৰা বস্তুবোৰ আছিল ৰুটি মেৰুৱাই দিয়া প্রলেপটো। কেতিয়াবা মিঠা রুটি বনাইছিল আৰু সেইবোৰ বিশেষ ধৰণে বনাইছিল। বাহেৰে সজা এডাল বিশেষ বাদ্য যন্ত্ৰৰে সুৰীয়া শব্দ কৰি, ঝন ঝন শব্দ কৰি ৰুটিৱালা জন দৃশ্যপটত উপনীত হৈছিল। এখন হাতেৰে মূৰৰ পাচিটো ধৰিছিল আৰু আনখন হাতেৰে -বাহৰ লাঠিডালেৰে ঝন ঝন শব্দ কৰিছিল মাটিত খুন্দিয়াই। 'সুপ্রভাত' বুলি তেওঁ ঘৰৰ গৃহিণী গৰাকীক অভিবাদন জনাইছিল। তাৰ পাচত উলম্বকৈ ঠিয় কৰি ৰখা বাঁহৰ লাঠিডালৰ ওপৰত পাচিটো ৰাখিছিল। মৃদু ভর্ৎসনা কৰি আমাক শিশুবোৰক আতৰাই ৰাখি ৰুটিবোৰ ঘৰৰ লিগিৰীজনীৰ হাতত দিয়ে। কিন্তু আমি আশা এৰি নিদিওঁ। কোনোবা বেঞ্চত উঠি নাইবা ওখ টিপত উঠি কিবাকৈ পাচিটোৰ বুকুলৈ চাওঁ। সেই ৰুটিবোৰৰ বিশেষ ধৰণৰ গোন্ধটো মোৰ এতিয়াও মনত পৰে। ডাঙৰৰ বাবে ৰুটিবোৰ আৰু আমাৰবাবে ৰুটিৰ চাৰিওফালে লাগি থকা খাৰুবোৰ। আমি আমাৰ দাঁতবোৰ ভালদৰে মাজা নাইবা মুখবোৰ ঠিককৈ ধোৱাৰ কথাও মন নকৰিছিলো। কিয় কৰিম? দাত মাজিবলৈ কোনে আম গছৰ পাত চিঙিবলৈ যাব? আৰু ইয়াৰ আৱশ্যকতাই বা কত? বাঘে কেতিয়াও দাঁত নামাজে। গৰম চাহে সকলোবোৰ বস্তু তেনেই পৰিষ্কাৰ কৰি দিয়ে।
কৰি বাঁহৰ লাঠিডালেৰে ঠক ঠককৈ কৰা শব্দ শুনি আমি কিনাৰপৰা তার তেওঁক অভিনন্দন জনাবলৈ আমি দৌৰি আহো। আমি বাক কিয় তেনে কৰিছিলো? রুটি ভাল পাওঁ বাবে নেকি? মুঠেও নহয়, কাৰণ ৰুটিবোৰ কোনোবা প্যাচকাইন, ব্যাচটাইন নামৰ ঘৰুৱা লিগিৰীজনীয়ে ৰাখিছিল। আমি পচন্দ কৰা বস্তুবোৰ আছিল ৰুটি মেৰুৱাই নিয়া প্রলেপটো। কেতিয়াবা মিঠা কটি বনাইছিল আৰু সেইবোৰ বিশেষ ধৰণে বনাইছিল। বাহেৰে সজা এডাল বিশেষ বাদ্য যন্ত্ৰৰে সুৰীয়া শব্দ কৰি, ঝন ঝন শব্দ কৰি ৰুটিৱালা জন দৃশ্যপটত উপনীত হৈছিল। এখন হাতেৰে মূৰৰ পাচিটো ধৰিছিল আৰু আনখন হাতেৰে -বাহৰ লাঠিডালেৰে ঝন ঝন শব্দ কৰিছিল মাটিত খুন্দিয়াই। 'সুপ্রভাত' বুলি তেওঁ ঘৰৰ গৃহিণী গৰাকীক অভিবাদন জনাইছিল। তাৰ পাচত উলম্বকৈ ঠিয় কৰি ৰখা বাঁহৰ লাঠিডালৰ ওপৰত পাচিটো ৰাখিছিল। মৃদু ভর্ৎসনা কৰি আমাক শিশুবোৰক আতৰাই বাণি ৰুটিবোৰ ঘৰৰ লিগিৰীজনীৰ হাতত দিয়ে। কিন্তু আমি আশা এৰি নিদিওঁ। কোনোবা বেক্ষত উঠি নাইবা ওখ টিপত উঠি কিবাকৈ পাচিটোৰ বুকুলৈ চাওঁ। সেই ৰুটিবোৰৰ বিশেষ ধৰণৰ গোন্ধটো মোৰ এতিয়াও মনত পৰে। ডাঙৰৰ বাবে ৰুটিবোৰ আৰু আমাৰবাবে ৰুটিৰ চাৰিওফালে লাগি থকা খাৰুবোৰ। আমি আমাৰ দাঁতবোৰ ভালদৰে মাজা নাইবা মুখবোৰ ঠিককৈ খোৱাৰ কথাও মন নকৰিছিলো। কিয় কৰিম। দাত মাজিবলৈ কোনে আম গছৰ পাত চিঙিবলৈ যাব? আৰু ইয়াৰ আৱশ্যকতাই বা কত? বাঘে কেতিয়াও দাঁত নামাজে। গৰম চাহে সকলোবোৰ বস্তু তেনেই পৰিষ্কাৰ কৰি দিয়ে।
‘বোল' নামৰ মিঠা ৰুটি বিধৰ অবিহনে বিয়াৰ উপঢৌকন তেনেই মূল্যহীন যেনেকৈ কিবা খানা পিনা নাইবা ভোজ ভাতৰ বেলিকা কটি নহ'লে তেনেই মূল্যহীন হয়। গাঁও এখনৰ বাবে ৰুটি তৈয়াৰ কৰা লোকজন কিমান আবশ্যকীয় সেই কথা যথেষ্টকৈ ক'ব নোৱাৰি। জিয়েকৰ বিয়া বন্দবস্তি উপলক্ষে ঘৰৰ গৃহিণীজনীয়ে চেন্দুইচ মিঠাই তৈয়াৰ কৰিবই লাগিব। বৰদিন আৰু আন উৎসব পার্বণৰ বাবে কেক আৰু 'বলিনহাস' অভি লাগতিয়াল বস্তু। এইদৰে গাঁৱত ৰুটিৱালাৰ চৌকাটোও তেনেই আৱশ্যকীয় বস্তু।
তাহানিৰ দিনৰ কটিৱালাহঁতৰ 'কাবাই' নামৰ এক বিশেষ ধৰণৰ পোচাক আছিল। এইটো এটুকুৰা কাপোৰেৰে সজা আঁঠুলৈকে বৈপৰা ফ্ৰকচোলাৰ দৰে পোচাক। আমাৰ শৈশৱ কালত ৰুটিৱালাই পেন্ট আৰু কামিজ পিন্ধা দেখিছিলো। পেন্টবোৰ হাফপেন্টতকৈও দীঘল অথচ ফুল পেন্টতকৈও চুটি। আজিও আঁঠুৰ তললৈ ওলমি পৰা হাফপেন্ট পিন্ধিলে তেওঁক ‘প্যাডাৰ’ যেন দেখা হৈছে বুলি কয়।
ৰুটিৱালাজনে ৰুটিৰ দাম সাধাৰণতে মাহৰ শেষত আদায় লয়। মাহৰ হিচাব বেৰৰ দেৱালত পেঞ্চিলেৰে লিখা হৈছিল। তাহানিৰ দিনবোৰত ৰুটি তৈয়াৰ কৰা তেনেই লাভজনক পেশা আছিল। ৰুটিৱালা আৰু তেওঁৰ পৰিয়ালৰ লোকসকলে কাহানিও লঘোণে নাথাকিছিল। তেওঁক আৰু তেওঁৰ পৰিয়ালক সদায় সুখী আৰু সমৃদ্ধিশালী যেন দেখা গৈছিল। তেওঁলোকৰ দেহৰ গোলগোল চেহেৰাই এই কথাৰ সাক্ষ্য বহন কৰিছিল। আনকি আজিও কঁঠালৰ দৰে নিপোটল চেহেৰাৰ লোকক সহজে ৰুটিৱালাৰ সৈতে তুলনা কৰা হয়।
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
As Given in the lesson for oral Comprehension Check
Glimpses of India I: A Baker from Goa
Oral Comprehension check (Part-I)
Q.1. What are the elders of Goa nostalgic about?
Ans. The elders of Goa are nostalgic about the good old Portuguese days and their famous loaves of bread.
Q.2. Is bread making still popular in Goa? How do you know?
Ans. Yes, bread-making is still popular in Goa. We know it from the fact that the people associated with bread-making- the mixers, moulders
and the paders are still there in Goa. They are doing their business.
Q.3. What is the baker called?
Ans. The baker is called pader.
Q.4. When would the baker come everyday? Why did the children run to meet him?
Ans. The baker would come twice a day-Once in the morning to sell his loaves of bread and then again after selling the loaves of bread. The children ran to meet him to get the bread bangles.
Oral Comprehension check (Part-II)
SEBA Class 10th English : A Baker from Goa Question Answer
Q.1. Match the following. What is must.
(i) as marriage gifts? - cakes and bolinhas
(ii) for a party or a feast? - sweet bread called bol
(iii) for a daughter's engagement?
- bread
(iv) for christmas? - sandwiches.
Ans. (i) Sweet bread known as bol is a must for marriage.
(ii) Bread is a must for a party or a feast.
(iii) Sandwiches are must for a daughters's engagement.
(iv) Cakes and bolinhas are a must for christmas.
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Q.2. What did the baker wear: (i) in the Portuguese days? (ii) When the author was young?
Ans. (1) In the Portuguese days the baker used to wear a dress called Kabai. It was a single piece long frock reaching down to the knees.
(ii) When the author was young the baker used to wear a shirt and trousers which were shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants.
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Q.3. Who invites the comment - "he is dressed like a pader"? Why?
Ans. Anyone who wears a half pant which reaches just below the knees invites the coment that he is dressed like a pader. This is because of the fact that such type of dress was worn by the baker during the author's childhood days.
Q.4. Where were the monthly accounts of the baker were recorded?
Ans. The monthly accounts of the baker were recorded on some wall in pencil.
Q.5. What does a 'jackfruit-like' appearance mean?
Ans. A 'jackfruit-like' appearance resembles a baker. Any one with a jack-fruit like appearance is compared to a baker.
Thinking about the Text:
1. Which of these statements are correct:
(i) The pader was an important person in the village in old times.
(ii) Paders still exist in Goan villages. (iii) The paders went away with the Portuguese.
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(iv) The paders continue to wear a single piece long frock.
(v) Bread and cakes were an integral part of Goan life in the old days.
(vi) Traditional bread baking is still a very profitable business. (vii) Paders and their families starve in the present times.
Ans: Statements in (i) (ii) (v) (vi) (vii) are correct.
Q.2. Is bread an important part of Goan life? How do you know this?
Ans: Yes, bread is an important part of Goan life. We know it from the existence of the baker even after the Portuguese rule. The leavened oven baked bread is a gift of the Portuguese. The old eaters of loaves might have vanished. But the mixers, moulders and the paders are there. Traditional bread-baking has remained a profitable profession in Goa.
The furnaces have not yet been extinguished. Bread is a must for feasts and parties, marriages and christmas ceremonies in Goa. There are varities of loaves like 'bol', bolinhas and sweet bread. The pader still goes on selling breads in households. From this we know that bread is an important part of Goan life.
Q.3. Tick the right answer. What is the tone of the author when he says the following:
(i) The thud and the jingle of the traditional baker's bamboo can still be heard in some places. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
(ii) May be the father is not alive but the son still carries on the
family profession. (nostalgic, hopeful, sad)
(iii) I still recall the typical fragrance of those loaves (nostalgic, hopeful, naughty)
(iv) The tiger never brashed his teeth. Hot tea could wash and clean up everything so nicely, after all. (naughtily, angry, funny)
(v) Cakes and bolinhas are a must for christmas as well as other festivals. (sad, hopeful, matter of fact)
(vi) The baker and his family never starved. They always looked happy and prosperous.
Ans. (i) nostalgic (ii) hopeful (iii) nostalgic (iv) funny (v) matter of fact (vi) matter of fact.
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Additional Questions & Answers
Very short answer Type Questions and Answers
Q.1. What did the elders reminiscence nostalgically?
Ans. The elders reminiscenced nostalgically about the good old Portuguese days, the Portuguese and their loaves of bread.
Q.2. Who does the author have 'amongst them"?
Ans. The author has among them the mixers, moulders and the paders.
Q.3. What age old, time tested thing still exists in Goa?
Ans. The age old time tested farnaces still exists in Goa.
Q.4. What did the baker carry in his hand?
Ans. The baker carried a bamboo stick in his hand.
Q.5. Why did the baker carry the bamboo?
Ans. The baker carried the bamboo to announce his arrival with its thud.
Q.6. Who does still carry the father's profession?
Ans. The son carries the father's profession of bread baking.
Q.7......... son still carries on the family profession." What is the profession?
Ans. The profession is bread-baking in Goa.
Q.8. Who is known as a poder in Goa.
Ans. The bakers are known as a poder in Goa.
Q.9. How did the author treat the baker during his childhood?
Ans. During his childhood the author treated the baker as friend, companion and guide.
Q.10. How many times did the baker visit the household?
Ans. The baker used to visit the households twice a day.
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Q.11. When did the baker visit the households?
Ans. Twice, once in the morning to sell his breads and again on his way back home.
Q.12. What did awake the author during his childhood?
Ans. The thud of the baker's bamboo woke up the author during his childhood.
Q.13. By whom were the loaves bought?
Ans. The loaves were bought by some Paskine and Bastine, the maid
servants.
Q.14. What did the children long for?
Ans. The children longed for the bread-bangles.
Q.15. Whom would the baker greet and how?
Ans. The baker would greet the lady of the house wishing her "good morning."
Q.16. What was essential for marriage gifts?
Ans. The sweet bread called bol is essential for marriage.
Q.17. What the lady of the house must prepare for her daughter's engagements?
Ans. Sandwiches must be prepared for the engagement of the lady's daughter.
Q.18. What was essential for Christmas as well as other festivals?
Ans. Cakes and bolinhas were must items for Christmas and other festivals.
Q.19. What was the peculiar dress of the baker known as?
Ans. The peculiar dress of the Kabai was known as Kabai.
Q.20. What kind of a dress was the Kabai?
Ans. The Kabai was a single piece long frock reaching down the knees.
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Q.21. When did the baker usually collect his bills?
Ans. The baker usually collected his bills at the end of the month.
Short Type Questions & Answers (Bearing 2 marks each)
Q.1. "Those eaters of loaves might have vanished, but the makers are still there". Who are the eaters and makers referred to here?
Ans.. The eaters are the elders of Portuguese Goa who might have died. The makers are the mixers, moulders and the paders. These people are associated with bread-baking.
Q.2. "The fire in the furnaces still exist". Why does the writer say so?
Ans. The bakers of olden days in Portuguese Goa are no more living. But the traditional profession of the father has been continued by the sons. As a result the furnaces are still burning.
Q.3. "He used to come twice a day". (i) Who is the 'he' here? (ii) When did he come twice a day?
Ans. (i) The 'he' is the baker.
(ii) He used to come once in the morning to sell his bread and then again after his basket was empty.
Q.4. Of what use was the baker's bamboo?
Ans. The baker used his bamboo to give a jingling thud to announce his arrival. He also used the bamboo as a stand for his basket. He would place the bamboo vertically and place the basket on it.
Q.5. ..........and we ran to meet and greet him." Who are meant by 'we' and 'him'?
Ans. 'We' mean the author and his childhood companions. 'Him'
means the baker.
Q.6. Why did the author did not care to brush his teeth in his childhood?
Ans. The author in his childhood did not think it necessary to brush teeth. It was troublesome. He had to pluck mango leaf for the tooth brush. Besides he thought that the tiger never brushed its teeth. He added that hot tea could wash and clean up everything.
Q.7. What is a Kabai? What type of dress was it?
Ans. Kabai is a peculiar dress worn by the bread-seller. It was a single piece long frock reaching down to the knees. The bread seller used to wear kabai during the olden days.
Q.8. What type of dress did the baker wear during the author's childhood?
Ans. During the author's childhood bakers were seen wearing a shirt and that was shorter than full-length one and longer than half pant.
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Q.9. "Baking was indeed a profitable profession in the old days." How do you know?
Ans. The baker and his family never starved. He, his family and his servants looked happy and prosperous. Their plump physique testified that baking was indeed a profitable profession.
Q.10. Who are the people compared to a pader and a baker? Ans. Anyone who wears a half pant that reaches just below the knees is compared to a pader. A person with a jackfruit like appearance is compared to a baker.
Long Type Questions & Answers (bearing 5 marks each)
Q.1. Give a description of the Goan baker of Portuguese days. Ans. During the Portuguese days in Goa, the baker was an essential part of village life. The baker was then called pader. He used to bake bread and cake and sell them. He had his furnance which remained still unextinguished. Every morning the baker would arrive and with a thud of the bamboo announce his arrival. He would deliver the bread every morning and collect the bills at the end of the month. To the children he was a friend, companion and guide. While the elders were interested in his loaves of bread the children longed for the bread bangles. He was popularly known as pader. As for his dress he wore a Kabai. It was a single piece long frock reaching down to the knees. It was the baker who maintained the age old profession and served the people by baking and selling bread and cake.
Q.2. Describe the scene in a household after the arrival of the baker.
Ans. Every morning the baker would arrive carrying on his head a basket load of loaves of bread. He would announce his arrival with the jingling thud of the bamboo pole he used to carry. He would place the basket on the vertical bamboo pole. He would wish good morning to the lady of the house. Then he would deliver the bread to the maid servant. The children would be driven away. But they would not give up their typical fragrance of those loaves. The children were interested in the bread bangles. They were so much interested in the bread bangles that they did not bother even to brush their teeth and wash their mouth. Thus the arrival of the baker in a household was like a small but regular occasion attempt. They would climb on a bench or such other tall place and would peep into the basket. The author said that he could still remember the
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Q.3. What are the different varities of bread baked and their use?
Ans: The bakers in Goa baked varities of loaves of bread. Normal loaves of bread were baked for common consumption. Sweet bread known as 'bol' was a must item for marriage gifts. Without 'bol' marriage gifts were almost useless, common bread was essential for feasts and parties. 'Bolinhas' were a must for christmas ceremonies.
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