16 get State cultural awards

16 get cultural awards

BY HERALD REPORTER

PANJIM, APRIL 30 - State Cultural awards were bestowed on 16 personalities for their immense contribution to the field of art and culture, at an impressive function held at Kala Academy here.
The award recipients are: Damodar Mauzo (Literature), Dr Somanath Datta Komarpant (Literature), John Gomes Kokoy(Literature), Maruti Venkatesh Kurdekar (Music), Augustinho Costa alias August De Panchwadi (Music), Ramanand Baboirao Raikar (Music), Mahananda Babuamonkar alias Yelekar (Drama), Patrick Dourado (Tiatro), Maria C Cardozo alias Jessie Dias (Tiatro), Rama Bhima Perni Vaghurmekar (Folk Art), Benicio Vitorino Pereira (Folk Art), Madhusudan Krishna Chari (Bhajan), Madhusudan Gangaram Thali (Bhajan), Shripadbuva Ramkrishna Dhole (Kirtan), Paulino Fernandes (Craft) and Shyam Dulba Kalangutkar (Craft).
The Chief Minister Digambar Kamat who is also the Minister for Art & Culture was the chief guest and presented the awards.
Dr Somanath Komarpant and John Gomes Kokoy also expressed their views.
The CM congratulated the recipients on receiving the awards. He further stated that the directorate had worked really hard to organise the events. The main credit should go to the director and if the captain is efficient and who can bring out the output then the office and Government also runs smoothly. The CM also congratulated the Director of Art and Culture because under his leadership the Department of Art and Culture received ISO 9001 trademark. The CM further said that Government is providing help to the artistes to show their talent exposure in different parts of the country and in the world.
Development Commissioner and Secretary (Art and Culture) Anand Prakash, Chairman of Selection Committee Shreedar Kamat were also present. The Secretary of Art and Culture, Anand Prakash welcomed the guests with the bouquets.
The Chairman of Selection Committee Shreedhar Kamat Bambolkar presented his view on the occasion stating that culture is the heritage of the State and stressed the need to preserve it.
The Director of Art and Culture Prasad Lolyekar proposed the vote of thanks and Tripti Chari compered the function.


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‘Tiatr is cultural heritage of State’

‘Tiatr is cultural heritage of State’


MARGAO, JUNE 25 – Maintaining that “tiatr” must be given its rightful place, the BJP Cultural cell has expressed surprise at the step-motherly treatment given to Konkani tiatr by the Kala Academy by deliberately keeping it out of the Goan-multilingual drama festival this year.
BJP Cultural Cell Convenor, Siddhanath Ulhas Buyao said that Konkani tiatr is the cultural heritage of Goa and is by far the most popular drama form in the State today.
“Konkani tiatr today is no more a drama-form of any community, but belongs to all Goans. It is appreciated and supported by all Goans”, he said.
Buyao said during the Ganesh festival, one will find Konkani tiatr being staged in all the mandaps and the audience is from all the communities.
In fact, he said that Konkani tiatr has gained so much popularity in Goa that the name of “Konkani tiatr” should have appeared first in the list of the Kala Academy while organizing the festival.
Buyao said the Cultural Cell of the BJP believes that all drama-forms of Goa should get equal representation in all festivals, organized by the Goa government, without any bias.
“The Kala Academy is in full knowledge, that it’s highest revenue today is coming from Konkani Tiatr alone. Then with what justification do they drop out Konkani Tiatr from such festivals. Is this not a concealed communalism of the Congress. Is this not a Congress type of divide and rule policy”, he asked.
Saying that the BJP does not believe in playing politics with Art & Culture, Buyao said the BJP will take necessary measures with the help of Goan people to ensure the Kala Academy gives due recognition to tiatr.

improvise

improvise

Since childhood, I have been a tiatr buff and have also sung many a times in these Konkani plays. One has also composed one’s own songs for these Konkani plays. I am also planning to stage my own tiatr next year. However I feel said to find lack of unity among Konkani tiatarist. Directors are jealous of one another.
Today everybody wants to become directors. As a result 60 percent of our Konkani plays flop. It will be good to have 5 to 6 directors rather than having plethora of such so called creative people.
In addition our directors need to ensure that they always have novel and original scripts. We also need to keep in mind the stage setting coupled with sound system is up to a descent standard.
Then only we will be able to have good tiatr’s. I hope our tiatrist will take this humble suggestion for the good of Konkani tiatr.

Edgar Martins, Chinchinim
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Applications invited for tiatr contest

Applications invited for tiatr contest
HERALD NEWS DESK

PANJIM, JULY 22, 2008

— Kala Academy Goa invites entries for participation in the forthcoming 34th Tiatr Competition, which will be held from September 8 onwards at the Dinanath Mangeshkar Kala Mandir, Campal, Panjim.
The entries should reach KA latest by August 8 before 4 pm. In a press release, the Kala Academy has appealed to all the desirous institutions registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 to submit their entries in the prescribed format which is available along with the copy of the rules and regulations of the competition at the Programme and Development Section of KA during office hours.
The rules of the competition have been revised by KA and the institutions will have to pay Rs 100 as entry fee and an amount of Rs 1,000 as Security Deposit, which will be refunded immediately after the performance.
The programme sequence will be decided by KA on August 8 at 4.45 pm by draw of lots in the presence of the representatives of the institutions and thereafter five days time will be given for withdrawal of entries. The participating institutions are also required to submit their registration/ renewal certificate along with the entry form.
All the participating institutions are required to note the revised rules and accordingly submit their entry forms.


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Protect tiatrists

Protect tiatrists

Francis de Tuem has gained popularity with the audience for his political songs. He sings for many tiatrs bringing out facts and exposing our corrupt politicians and the police. His caliber of composing is very high. Francis has come out with is first Konkani VCD. As usual he sings two songs exposing the corrupt police and their misbehavior. The sad part of the VCD is in the last song he sings. He begs with the audience to pray for his soul in case he is done away with as there is already a threat to his life but he asserts he will continue his work in spite of the warning. Very daring.!
Like Francis many other tiatrists risk their life for the love of Konkani and the tiatr. They travel late in the night after the show to far off places to return home. They too have a warning or threat from some politicians and the police under pressure to desist from singing political songs.

Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco

Betrayal of Love

Betrayal of Love

-by J P PEREIRA


Prince Jacob his latest tiatr titled 'Ami Chuklim', presents a tale of misguided love, its consequences and the final retribution. There are two families. Joe, his wife, their two sons, Trevor and Reagan and a brother in law called tatrist. The other family has Captain D'Souza, his brother Remete and an only daughter, Sasha. Now Trevor and Sasha are in love but the parents do not agree. So they end up marrying Belinda and Alvito, respectively, after hatching a plan that their love would continue even after their marriage. But do they succeed?
Watch the rest on stage in this sleek production that keeps the viewer engrossed and amused throughout. The script has some beautiful lines and the sets are changed without a hitch, to depict the houses of both the families. Don�t miss the comments on the state of Goan soccer and pay attention to the message that children should be encouraged to prove their talent.
The actors give their best. Annie Quadros is Sasha. A good performance with some humour thrown in, but the red dress and black boots look atrocious. Cookie is Belinda, sings well and dresses just as the scene demands. Watch her in the final moments when she turns down her husband. Bernard is Trevor and Simon is Alvito, the army captain. The former is wonderful as the desperate lover and so is the latter as the military man, playing the tough guy in style. Joe Rose gives another fine performance as the father, Reagan as himself and Jacinto as D�Souza, act well. Jacob is perfect as tiatrist providing plenty of humour but the pick is Humbert as Remete, asking to be called Rambo. His very first entry as the statue and throughout, he had the audience rolling with laughter with his dialogue delivery and actions. Superb!
The opening song is rendered by Annie. In between the acts there are some good solos from Joe Rose S Lemos, Simon Fernandes, Reagan and a trio from Reagan-Jacob-Humbert.
An entertainer, Not to be missed!!!

Mauzo calls for preserving, sustaining Konkani

Mauzo calls for preserving, sustaining Konkani

HERALD NEWS DESK/PANJIM, MARCH 1

Stating that Konkani society and Konkani culture are the by-product of Konkani language, eminent Sahitya Academy awardee Damodar Mauzo has called for preserving and sustaining this great legacy.
He was speaking at the one-day State level seminar on Konkani Language, Society and Culture organized by the Department of Konkani of MES College in collaboration with Goa Konkani Academy at the College premises.
Dr Olivinho Gomes, ex-Vice-Chancellor of Goa University, Paresh Joshi, Vice-Chairman of Murgaon Education Society, Principal Dr R V Hajirnis, Vice-Principal Dr R B Patil, co-ordinator and Head of Department of Konkani Cosma Fernandes were also present.
Konkani has its own tradition, long history and depicts the culture of Goa. Language helps the society to prosper. By preserving the cultural heritage through language the society can develop,? Mauzo added.
In his keynote address, Dr Olivinho Gomes gave a brief review of the Konkani language and elaborated on the relation between Konkani language, culture and society. In spite of the infiltration of several cultures in Goa, Konkani has maintained its identity with the Goan society. To preserve this age-old tradition of Konkani language, one should not sell the beautiful land of Goa but should preserve it for the future development of Konkani language and culture.
Paresh Joshi while addressing the gathering said that language enriches literature. Therefore, we should be open-minded to the different dialects and scripts of the language.
Cosma Fernandes explained the theme of the seminar to the august gathering and gave a brief history of Konkani literature and narrated the interrelation of Konkani language, culture and society.
Dr R B Patil proposed the vote of thanks while Satyawan Naik compered the inaugural ceremony.
Bhaskar Nayak, Director of Higher Education was the chief guest at the valedictory function.
In his speech, he said, ?the Konkani society should continue speaking in Konkani without falling prey to the influence of other languages. They should preserve the cultural identity by preserving the rich culture and heritage of Goa.
Prof M S Kamat, Vice-President of Murgaon Education Society remarked that literature depicts the true picture of the society. The Konkani society can be depicted in Konkani literature and culture. The more effective is the life, the more effective is the literature. Literature creates awareness in the society and helps to preserve culture.
Principal Dr R V Hajirnis welcomed the gathering while Dr R B Patil introduced the guest.
Prof Satish Bhute of St Xavier's College, Mapusa and Prof Sanjay Govekar of GVM's College of Education, Ponda commented on the seminar while Prof Hanumant Chopdekar of Chowgule College presented a report of the seminar proceedings.
In the first technical session, Dr Prakash Vazrikar, a play writer and lecturer presented the paper on Depiction of society in Konkani Natak. Mr. Tomazinho Cardozo, an eminent tiatrist presented a paper on ?Depiction of society and culture in tiatr.
Dr. Francisco Colaco gave a lucid presentation on ?Depiction of culture and society in Mando.
Prof. Newman Fernandes, Principal of St Xavier?s College, Mapusa chaired the first session.
The second technical session was chaired by Dr Narayan Desai, Principal of SS Angle Higher Secondary School, Dr Kiran Budkule presented a paper on Depiction of Culture and Society in Konkani Short Stories?. The eminent Sahitya Academy awardee Mhableshwar Sail presented a paper on ?Depiction of Culture and Society in Konkani Novel.
Dr Pandurang Phaldesai, Member Secretary of Kala Academy presented a paper on Depiction of Culture & Society in folklore. Students also spoke on the occasion.
Prof Cosma Fernandes proposed the vote of thanks while Ms Prerna Halankar compered the programme.
Konkani lecturers, teachers, students and eminent writers attended.