The pictures are painted on tile and are (from left to right):
1. A typical Portuguese-built home's window. (Spardha tells me the art form is called azulejo - thank you!)
3. A typical village cross.
These tiles were bought at the GTDC (Goa Tourism Development Corporation) shop in Mapusa, manned by a very unfriendly and strange man who didn't seem to get a word of what we said in either Konkanni nor English nor Hindi, but kept talking at us and about us to someone else who was in the shop! The tiles were a steal at Rs.200 each! They came with a pre-attached hook at the back, making hanging them up very easy. Their new home is on the beam that runs halfway down our kitchen ceiling and they look very pretty there, if I may say so myself!
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Ooooh! I like these very much... A Bombay/Mumbai series would be very cool too.
@j: Thank you. Yes, it would be lovely! May be something for Sherline to think about?
buuutiful i say!
@Faye: Will ask Sherline to look these up. I've seen some old Bombay designs on coasters, ceramic jars, etc. You might want to check out some new funky initiatives/stores like chumbak.in and happilyunmarried.com
@j: Wow! I may have bought a Chumbak fridge magnet in Mumbai airport's Bombay Store franchise quite by chance. I looked all over for fun, non-tacky magnets, but didn't find very many. Most were overpriced and ugly. We collect fridge magnets from all the places we've visited and the philosophy behind Chumbak is spot on. Good quality and interesting travel memorabilia is not readily available in India.
@Achala: Thank you :)
F! They're beautiful! Must get some on our next trip to Goa. Ashamed to say that as a fellow Goan, I didnt know one could get these there :P Fab fab fab!
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