Nomoskar Ixtta!

Thank  

you  

for  

visiting  

my  

website.  

Nomiskar  

Ixtta,  

is  

a  

Konkani  

greeting

of  

respect  

and  

friendship.  

It  

can  

be  

translated  

as  

"The  

God  

within  

me

pays respect to the God within you - dear friend"

The  

Konkan,  

is  

a  

region  

located  

on  

the  

west  

coast  

of  

India  

and  

includes

parts  

of  

the  

states  

Maharastra,  

Karnataka  

and  

all  

of  

Goa.  

Residents  

of

this  

region  

were  

known  

as  

"Konkanastha"  

in  

Sanskrit.  

Konkanastha  

is

translated   

as   

"resident   

of   

Konkan".   

Konkanasthas   

speak   

konkani   

-   

a

daughter   

language   

of   

Sanskrit.   

Though   

Konkani   

has   

similarities   

to

Marathi,  

-  

the  

native  

language  

of  

Maharastra  

-  

and  

is  

often  

mistaken  

for

Marathi,  

it  

is  

a  

language  

in  

itself.  

Konkani  

is  

spoken  

throughout  

the

Konkan   

region.   

Throughout   

this   

website,   

you   

will   

find   

pharases   

and

sayings  

from  

the  

Konkan  

region  

that  

are  

thought  

provoking,  

interesting

and  

sometimes  

strange.  

For  

example  

in  

Konkani  

there  

no  

translation  

for

the  

english  

phrase  

'thank  

you'.  

The  

closest  

one  

can  

get,  

is  

'dev  

borem

korum'  

which  

when  

literally  

translated  

says  

'may  

God  

make  

it  

good'.  

The

konkan  

tradition  

as  

the  

rest  

of  

the  

sanskrit  

tradition  

throughout  

India,  

is

very  

philosophical.  

The  

thinking  

behind  

the  

phrase  

'dev  

borem  

korum'  

is

that  

when  

one  

receives  

anything,  

it  

is  

a  

gift  

from  

God.  

So  

we  

ask  

God  

to  

make  

it  

good.  

When  

God  

makes  

it  

good,  

it  

is  

good  

-  

for  

the

receiver, the giver and the God too.

My  

name  

is  

Vince  

Leitao,  

I  

was  

born  

in  

Naikavado,  

Calangute,  

a  

coastal  

village  

in  

Goa,  

India.  

Naikavado  

is  

Sanskrit  

for  

'place  

of  

naiks'

(an  

army  

rank  

in  

the  

traditions  

of  

ancient  

India).  

The  

name  

Vince  

or  

Vincent  

has  

its  

origin  

in  

the  

sanskrit  

word  

‘Vijaya’  

which  

means

victory.  

The  

word  

"Konkn'no"  

is  

much  

misunderstood,  

misused  

and  

needs  

to  

be  

explained.  

It  

is  

incorrectly  

used  

to  

describe  

a  

person

belonging  

to  

a  

certain  

religion,  

and  

is  

often  

used  

in  

a  

derogatory  

way.  

Konkn'no  

is  

simply  

an  

evolution  

of  

the  

Sanskrit  

word

"Konkanastha"  

-  

RESIDENT  

OF  

THE  

KONKAN.  

So  

I  

call  

myself  

Vijay  

Naik  

sometimes  

and  

invite  

you  

to  

do  

so  

too.  

I  

am  

Konkn’no,  

so  

it

pleases  

me  

to  

call  

myself  

Konkn’no  

Vijay  

Naik  

and  

invite

you to do so too.

"Konkan    

amcho    

ghaum,    

Konkni    

amchi    

bhas,    

hea

Konkanna  

sharant  

ami  

Konkn'ne  

zaun  

asat".  

(Konkan  

is

our  

homeland,  

Konkn’ni  

is  

our  

language,  

in  

this  

Konkan

region    

we    

are    

all    

Konkn'ne)    

are    

lyrics    

of    

an

immemorable Goan poem.

In  

this  

short  

video,  

allow  

me  

to  

show  

you  

one  

of  

the

traditional   

practices   

in   

Goa…the   

harvesting   

of   

‘Areca

Nuts’  

also  

called  

beetle  

nuts  

or  

‘supari’  

in  

konkan.  

As  

a

kid  

I  

watched  

in  

bewilderment  

as  

these  

guys  

skipped

from one palm to another.

Watch  

it…but  

don’t  

try  

it  

please.  

This  

needs  

a  

lot  

of

training…you   

will   

see   

what   

I   

mean.   

I   

love   

being   

a

KONKN’NO!

Tum  

mozo  

manadic  

soiro,  

amgher  

tuzo  

ieukar  

asa.  

Yo,  

bos,  

borem  

hason,  

uloun  

jeua.  

(You  

are  

my  

honoured  

relative/guest  

here,

welcome to my home. Come, sit, lets talk, laugh and feast a lot)

This is my effort to revive the way we philosophized and lived in the region that western civilization now calls INDIA.

Dev borem korum.

Konkn'no Vijay Naik

Konkn’no.com