Kupari

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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.^{[dubious – discuss]}