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The '''Holy Cross Church''', [[Pavoor]], [[Kasaragod district]], [[Kerala]] is a [[Roman Catholic Church]] ([[Latin Rite]]) and the only place in the world where a range of [[Eucharist in the Catholic Church|Catholic Church Services]] are conducted in [[Tulu language|Tulu]].<ref name="DAJigorz">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/chan/exclusive_arch.asp?ex_id=72|title= Pavoor — The Only Place for Church Services in Tulu |publisher= [[Daiji World|Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd Mangalore]] |author= John B. Monteiro |date= 2005-05-11 |accessdate= 2009-06-04}}</ref><br />
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==Unique identity==<br />
The Holy Cross Church is in Kerala, Kasargod Deanery, and with about a dozen churches, it comes under Catholic [[Diocese of Mangalore]]. It falls in [[Tulu Nadu]], a region on the south-western coast of [[India]], where the majority speakers speak the [[Tulu language]]. It consists of the [[Dakshina Kannada]] and [[Udupi District|Udupi]] [[districts of Karnataka]], and the northern parts of the [[Kasargod district]] up to the [[Chandragiri river]] in [[Kerala]].<ref name="state">{{cite news<br />
|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/13/stories/2006081317290300.htm<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125011349/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/13/stories/2006081317290300.htm<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
|archive-date=2009-11-25<br />
|title=Tulu Nadu movement gaining momentum<br />
|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]<br />
|accessdate=2009-06-04<br />
|location=Chennai, India<br />
|date=2006-08-13}}</ref> The Chandragiri river is traditionally considered to be a boundary between Tulu Nadu and Kerala.<ref>{{harvnb|Parpola|2000|p=386}}</ref> Because Tulu speaking kings ruled over the area like Kanyakumari ruled over by Malayali kings.<br />
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Whereas in other the churches in the [[Diocese of Mangalore]] the services are conducted in [[Konkani language|Konkani]], [[English language|English]] and [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], the main Holy Mass at Pavoor Church at 7:30 am ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]]) on Sundays, is in Tulu. The service at 11 am, mainly for children, is in a cocktail of languages. On the first Sunday of the month the service is in Konkani, on the second Sunday in Tulu and on the third and fourth Sundays in Kannada. At the main morning service, the hymns are sung in Tulu, prayers are recited in Tulu and the sermon is preached in Tulu.<br />
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==History==<br />
There is a book of prayers in Tulu titled ''Dyanada Book'' (lit. book of knowledge). There is also a hymn book titled ''Bhakti Gitolu'' (lit. Prayer hyms).<br />
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Tulu in this church is not a modern inculturation transplant. The credit for introducing Tulu at Pavoor Church goes to an Italian Jesuit priest who came to Mangalore in 1897. Fr Alexander Camissa, born in 1868 in [[Italy]], spent one year at [[Suratkal]], [[Mangalore taluk]] learning Tulu. He continued his Tulu studies at [[Jeppu]] Seminary where he was a teacher. While there, he came across persons belonging to a nomadic tribe who made a miserable living weaving baskets and doing odd jobs for a pittance.<br />
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When Fr Alexander started the Pavoor Mission in 1913 it was a barren landscape. He obtained {{convert|300|acre|km2}} of land from the government and settled them there. For the first time they had land of their own to settle down and give up their nomadic life.<br />
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Thus, the Tulu language services were initiated because the original settlers of Pavoor parish were illiterate, knowing neither Kannada nor Konkani, the dominant church service languages in the region. Even today the original settlers constitute about 95% of the 110 families in the parish, the rest 10 being [[Konkanis]]. But, today the settlers are better educated and economically advanced. <br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
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*{{cite book<br />
|year=2000<br />
|last=Parpola<br />
|first=Marjatta<br />
|title=Kerala Brahmins in transition: a study of a Nampūtiri family<br />
|publisher=Finnish Oriental Society<br />
|isbn=978-951-9380-48-3}}<br />
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