Carvalho`s Sweets at Bandra Fair
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The Carvalhos
The Carvalhos - Antonio, Josefina and their daughter Amanda are busy making sweets for Bandra Fair this year
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Continuing a legacy
The family is continuing a legacy of more than 80 years ago when Carvalho`s mother first set up a stall at Bandra Fair at Mount Mary`s Basilica
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Goan specials
They sell kadio bodios, sugar-coated cashews, peanut jaggery chikki, boondi sev laddoos, and Goan specials like doce, dodol, pinag, Bolinas, Bath cake
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Bandra Fair 2023
This year, they are at stall number 138 (A), and only one among only two or three other stalls selling Goan sweets
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Stall at Bandra Fair
Currently, Amanda manages the stall after work with the help of some family friends
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Devotees at Mount Mary for Bandra Fair