Kupari

Kupari community
Religions
Roman Catholicism
Languages
Kadodi, Samvedi Boli Bhasha, British English & Bombay Mahratti

The Kupari (from Portuguese: compadre[1][2] referring to the godfather of one's godchild; word derived from Kumpari and feminine being Kumari or Portuguese; comadre[3]) consist of Kadodi Christians and Samvedi Christians, which are a Roman Catholic Brahmin sub-group in the Christian Bombay East Indian community, of the people of Konkan division. They are concentrated mostly in Bassein (Vasai) (Portuguese: Baçaim),[4] India, which is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Mumbai (Bombay) city. Kadodi ancestors were a mixture of Samvedi Brahmins, Goan Konkani Brahmins& Portuguese New Christians; because of intermarriages between them.[citation needed] The population is about 40,000 to 45,000. The two Konkani dialects spoken by the Kuparis are Samvedi Boli Bhasha and Kadodi, which are mixture of Gujarati, Marathi & Indo-Portuguese. 97% of the population is Roman Catholic[5][original research?] and the remaining minority is a mixed population of various Protestant Revolutionary denominations.[dubiousdiscuss]

  1. ^ "Difference between "compadre" and "padrino"".
  2. ^ comadre/compadre - WordReference Forums
  3. ^ kumpari[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Vasai fort Archived 2 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Diocese of Vasai