Goa and Portugal: Their Cultural Links

Goa and Portugal: Their Cultural Links is a collection of twenty-one papers presented at an international symposium on the theme “Inter-cultural Relations: Portugal and Goa” (Relacoes interculturais Portugal Goa) held at the University of Cologne (Germany) between 29 May and 1June 1996. It was organised by the Centro Mundo Lusofono and the instituto de Fstudos Portugueses e Brasileiros (University of Cologne) and those who took part in it included delegates from Germany, Portugal, India, the United States and Canada. The proceedings were conducted in English and Portuguese. The papers in this book have been grouped together under four main themes; Goa and Portugal and their various cultural relations; Goa in its contacts with Japan and Mozambique; Art, architecture, music an numismatics and Goa-Portugal ties as reflected in literature. These offer a rich fare on how Portugal has had a deep influence on the culture of Goa in particular and how through Goa it moved further afield in Asia. This book was made possible by a special financial grant by the Fundacao Oriente (Lisbon).