Question

What do you know about'Kabai' ?Who used to wear it?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Solution. (i) In the Portuguese days, the bakers had a peculiar dress known as the kabai. It was a single-piece long frock reaching down to the knees. (ii) When the author was young, he saw the bakers wearing a shirt and trousers, which were shorter than full-length ones and longer than half pants

Answer 2

Kabai was a single-piece long frock reaching down to their knees.

The bakers used to dress up in a peculiar dress called 'kabai'.

• In the Portuguese days, the bakers had a peculiar dress known as the kabai. It was a single-piece long frock reaching down to the knees.
• When the author was young, he saw the bakers wearing a shirt and trousers, which were shorter than full-length and longer than half pants.
• The elders in Goa were nostalgic about the good old Portuguese days and the famous Portuguese loaves of bread.
• Bread-making is still a popular profession in Goa. The author says that the mixers, molders, and those who bake the loaves are still present in Goa. The age-old, time-tested furnaces still exist. The ‘thud’ and ‘jingle’ of the traditional baker’s bamboo, marking his arrival in the morning, could still be heard in some places. It is a family profession, which is carried out generation after generation.
• The baker came twice every day. Once during his morning sale round, and then again when he returned after emptying his huge basket. The children ran to meet him not because of their love of the loaf, which was bought by the maid-servant of the house. They actually longed for the bread-bangles, which they chose carefully. Sometimes, it was sweet bread.

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