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What are the various stories regarding the origin of the Kodavu people?
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How are Kodavu people linked to Greeks?
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What proves Kodavu people’s Arab descent?
There are two theories regarding the descent of Kodavu people. The first one says that Kodavus have Greek origin. A part of Alexander’s army settled here and married among the locals. Their descendents are called Kodavus. The second one proposes that Kodavus are of Arab origin. This theory is supported by the the fact that they wear the same traditional dress Kuppia i.e., a long, black coat with an embroidered waist-belt. The kuppia resembles the Kuffia of the Arabs and the Kurds.
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The baker and his family never starved. He, his family and his servants always looked happy and prosperous. Their plump physique was an open testimony to this.
1. What does the phrase: “The baker and his family never starved” mean?
2. What proves the baker’s prosperity?
3. Find out a word in the passage that is opposite to ‘thin or slender’.
How do the Goan people react to their colonial past?
Is bread-making still popular in Goa? How do you know?
Why would the baker come everyday? What announced his arrival?
What would the baker do after his musical entry?
How did he treat the kids who surrounded him?
How did the children get along with the baker?
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Why would the children run to meet the baker as soon as he arrived?
How do you know the kids were excited about the bread?
‘The tiger never brushed his teeth.’ Why does the author say so?
What are the different varieties of bread? Which occasions are they associated with?
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What are bol and bolinhas? Why are they necessary and when?
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