# Kupari

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{{Short description|Sub-group of the East Indian Christian community}}
{{About|indigenous people|town in Croatia|Kupari, Croatia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox Religious group|
| group    = Samvedi Christian community 
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| caption = Samvedi Christian community woman dressed in a traditional dress{{deletable image-caption|Sunday, 12 January 2020|F7}}
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| rels     = Roman Catholicism
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| langs = [Samvedi Boli Bhasha](/source/Samvedi_Boli_Bhasha), [Maharashtri Konkani](/source/Maharashtri_Konkani) & [Kadodi](/source/Kadodi)
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'''Kupari''' ({{langx|pt|compadre}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.proz.com/kudoz/812894|title = Difference between "compadre" and "padrino"}}</ref><ref>[https://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=655816 comadre/compadre - WordReference Forums<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>) referring to the father of one's [godchild](/source/godparent); word derived from ''Kumpari'' and feminine being ''Kumari'' or Portuguese ''[Comadre](/source/Comadre)''<ref>[http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/translation/kumpari kumpari<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>) or '''Samvedi Christians''' are a [Roman Catholic Brahmin](/source/Roman_Catholic_Brahmin) sub-group of the [Bombay East Indian](/source/Bombay_East_Indian) community. This community is concentrated mostly in [Bassein (Vasai)](/source/Bassein_(Vasai)) ({{langx|pt|Baçaim}}),<ref>[http://www.colonialvoyage.com/bacaimvasaiphotos.html Vasai fort<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302124326/http://www.colonialvoyage.com/bacaimvasaiphotos.html |date= 2 March 2008 }}</ref> India, which is about {{convert|60|km|mi}} north of [Mumbai (Bombay)](/source/Mumbai_(Bombay)).

==See also==
*[Christian Kshatriyas](/source/Christian_Kshatriyas)
*[Samvedi](/source/Samvedi)
*[Konkani people](/source/Konkani_people)
*[Portuguese India](/source/Portuguese_India)
*[Marathi people](/source/Marathi_people)

== References ==
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Category:Social groups of Maharashtra
Category:Catholic Church in India
Category:Indian Roman Catholics
Category:Social groups of Goa
Category:Catholic ethnoreligious groups

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