goanet-digest Friday, April 26 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3886
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In this issue:
[Goanet] FEATURE: Goa's music fest seeks to revive traditions in a tiny musical
region
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[Goanet] Home Remedies by H. K. Bakhru
[Goanet] NEWS: Desacho fuddar koslea hatant? (Ixtt)
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:27:04 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] FEATURE: Goa's music fest seeks to revive traditions in a tiny
musical region
GOA'S MUSIC FEST SEEKS TO REVIVE TRADITIONS OF A TINY MUSICAL REGION
PANAJI (Goa): Goans made a name for themselves in India and beyond
as ambassadors of music -- both Western and Indian. But in these days of
electronic-noise and lip-sync, music enthusiasts fear the real art is
neither getting encouragement nor due training to go ahead.
Music affinados -- together with an estimated 300 musicians who are
volunteering to play for free or fee -- are putting up a major music fest in
South Goa's Nuvem village, some 20 kms from here, in a bid to remind Goans
of their musical traditions this month-end.
Goans have been called a people of music and dance. Just a generation o\r
two back, the Western music scene here was dominated by classical,
semi-classical and dance music like the tango, rumba, waltz and polka.
Groups like the old-world 'Johnson and His Jolly Boys' reigned supreme,
playing violins and a range of other non-electronic instruments.
As Jazz was brought into India, Goans who had a tradition of church choirs
and music easily made the transition into jazz music, and soon Goans graced
the core of many Western led bands.
The mid thirties spawned an all Goan outfit- the Rumba Boys, led by
saxophonist L A Abreu, clarinetist Johnny Gomes and pianist Mike Machado.
They, unlike most bands of the time went in for their own arrangements of
popular tunes.
Soon Goans notched the top spots as musicians; their virtuosity was sought
by the famous saxophonist and band leader Rudy Cotton (Cawasji Kathau) who
gave many Goans a break, enabling some like Chic Chocolate, Sonny Lobo,
Mickey Correa who blazed forth as the most revered musicians of their time.
With the advent of prohibition in the fifties, restaurants and bars cut
down expenditures, and as alto-sax and clarinet veteran Lawrence Rodricks
says, "It knocked the stuffing out of the musicians cake".
Soon Goan musicians sought their fortunes in Calcutta, Delhi or as chorus
line players, soloists or arrangers in the Hindi film industry.
Maestros from Goa like Anthony Gonsalves, who pioneered the introduction of
Western harmony into Hindi film music. Gonsalves is now ageing and leads a
retired life in a Salcete village.
Gonsalves' friend, Chris Perry who passed away recently at the age of 73
years, will be the main musician to be paid tribute to, at the Nuvem concert
later this month. Perry is credited with infusing Swing into Konkani music,
giving it a totally different dimension, an influsing a modern, Western
style of playing it.
In the 1950s, music was undergoing rapid transformation, and the swing soon
involved soon into Bebop and in the sixties it was rock and roll that swept
up everything in its path. A lot of the old Goan musicans could not make the
transition and fell along the path way forgotten.
Their scores were not needed anymore, now brass and horns were replaced with
electronically charged gadgets.
"Goans did not dominate anymore and the Goan boom had ended. Now all we hear
are the memories. Our knowledge of our own great legends was forgotten in
the rush of change," rues entertainment organiser Victor Hugo Gomes, who is
putting up the mega-show in Goa shortly.
Church-supported music schools that once churned out many Western musicians
have now fallen silent. (Goa had its share of Indian music greats, with Lata
Mangueshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishori Amonkar, Moghubai Kurdikar and others
tracing their roots to this small pocket of South Asia.)
Scheduled from Apriil 25-27, the three-day 'Great Music Revival 2002' at
Nuvem the "100 per cent live" three day music fest will bring together
national, local and solo artistes -- including `Aqua Flow,'(Mumbai), `Seby
and the Wings' (Delhi).
Goa's wide musical range will show up with names of groups performing to
include `Lynx', 'Forefront', Lace, Cream, Purple Rain, Rythemand Blues, True
Colours, Heaven Seven, Archies, Status4, Obligato,`Cascades' and `India'.
This event has been held since 1998. In the year 2000, the participating
groups at what was then called an Indo-Jass Fusion and World Concert
included Esperanto World Music Band of Kolkata, Prasanna and Friends from
Madras, Waterfront and Fusion Ensemble from Pune, the Gerrad Machado Network
and Megha, from Bangalore.
Kolkata band, Esperanto, which has been taking the Indian audiences by storm
with their unique fusion of bhajans and blues are a sextet playing
instruments like Veena, Blues Harp, 12 string guitar, Frame drum, Indian
Percussion, Bass and Drums.
Playing for the first time in Goa, the band's linear and melodic music of
India riding on a progressive Jazz harmonic base was well received here.
Organisers said they expect "almost 300 musicians" to join in "without the
use of sequencers and drum machines". (ENDS)
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:37:17 +0530
From: Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [none]
IT EXHIBITION IN VASCO
The IT family - Computer User's Club, A non profit organisation, are
organising a 2-DAY IT Exhibition in Vasco on 27th & 28th April 2002 at St.
Andrew's Institute Hall Complex, Vasco. The highlight of the exhibition
will be on promoting awareness among the public on latest developments in
Information Technology with seminars and workshops on subjects that will
include "Net Telephony, Window to Linux OS, How to buy and maintain your
own computer, Digital Art and Imaging, Web Advertising and PC Graphics,
Tips & Tricks in MSOffice, Financial Accounting Applications, Computer
Aided Designing & Modeling, Computer Games , Printing Technology, etc.
IT-Family Computer Users Club was founded by Mr. Rene Barreto an NRI,
based in UK and a Goan hailing from Vasco da Gama in March 2001. It was
formed with an aim to further IT awareness among people of all age groups
both commercial as well as Home PC users and also act as a forum for
interaction and sharing of knowledge for effective utilisation of
information technology in our day to day life.
The club has completed a year of noteworthy achievements from conducting
workshops to seminars on different subjects and with the recent Quiz
competition held for School students and Banking Staff, the club has
excelled in it's service to the community in the IT sector. Cdr. Narayanan
of Vasco Watch fame and Mr. S.Fernandes an associate of C-LIBZ Computer
Education Centre have been the motivating force behind the success of the
club and for more details, interested individuals may contact the club at
the venue of the exhibition or at C-LIBZ Computer Education Centre,
Vasco (Ph: 518266 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]).
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 13:33:03 +0530
From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Home Remedies by H. K. Bakhru
I have this book with me and thought I would share this information in
light of the discussion going on about 'Ancestral Cures'
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NATURAL HOME REMEDIES for Common Ailments
Orient Paperbacks
232 pages
Rs. 60/-
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The Author
H.K.Bakhru enjoys a countrywide reputation as an expert naturopath. A
prolific writer, his well-researched articles on nature cure, health,
nutrition, and herbs appear regularly in various newspapers and magazines
A diploma holder in naturopathy, he is a member of the Nature Cure
Practitioners' Guild in Mumbai. He has made extensive studies on natural
methods of treating diseases and herbalism. In recognition of his
dedication and contribution, he has been honoured with 'Lifetime
Achievement Award' and 'Gem of Alternative Medicines' award by the Indian
Board of Alternative Mdedicines, Calcutta.
Driven by strong conviction and faith in naturopathy, he has authored many
widely appreciated books, including, Foods That Heal, Herbs That Heal,
Vitamins That Heal, Health the Natural Way, A Complete Handbook of Natural
Cure, Diet Cure for Common Ailments, A Handbook of Natural Beauty, Nature
Cure for Children's Diseases, and Natural Health for the Elderly.
In addition to propagating naturopathy, much of his time is devoted to
charitable activities under the auspices of D.H.Bakhru Foundation, a public
charitable trust founded and funded by him. He may be contacted at: B-23,
Hari Nivas, New Bombay Railwaymen's Co-operative Housing Society, Sector-2,
Vashi, Navi Mumbai-400 703, Tel: 782 5967, Fax: 782 6239.
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Preface
Natural home remedies for common diseases is not a concept of the twentieth
century, it is an age-old practice that has been passed down from one
generation to the other, through trial and error. Home remedies are based
on the knowledge that most natural foods like fruits, vegetables, cereal
grains, seeds and nuts, as well as other natural substances, possess many
medicinal virtues. These natural foods and substances have been tried and
refined as natural cures in different countries. Reaseach has proved many
of these cures to be astonishingly effective. The living proof is that our
ancestors - with the help of these cures - lived a happier, healthier, and
longer life than the present generation.
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicines (460-357 B.C.), said: 'Nature cures,
not the physician'.
He also advocated:'Your food shall be your medicine.' This book is based on
these maxims. It deals with over ninety diseases and their treatment
through natural foods and other substances which are either available at
home or easily obtainable from outside. None of the remedies prescribed
here have potentially dangerous side-effects as do many modern drugs.
There are many books available on home remedies, but they are mostly based
on traditional remedies. The distinctive feature of this book, however, is
that besides mentioning the traditional remedies for various diseases, it
prescribes nutritional treatments, including raw juice therapy, based on
modern reaearch. It also recommends time tested natural methods of
treatment and natural dietetics. This book may be therefore regarded as a
handbook of natural home remedies, nature cure, and natural dietetics.
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Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:36:07 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Desacho fuddar koslea hatant? (Ixtt)
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[] Highlights of issue dated April 20, 2002
* Desacho fuddar koslea fuddareanchea hatant?
India's future, in who's (which leaders') hands?
Bharotachea Prodhan Montream aplem khorem BJP
rup dakhovn Musolmanacher tiddog kaddli. Vajpayee
showed his true colours by venting spleen on
Muslims at Campal on April 12.
* Xikxonn 'saffronise' korpache ievzonnecher
Sorkaracher tapott. (Supreme Court blocks move
to 'saffronise' education)
* VHP Sri Lankent (VHP expands in Sri Lanka)
* LETTERS: Mhadei nod addailear Mandovi nod sonkottant
(Daming the Mhadei river will imperil the Mandovi)
* Monxam nant ponn vollerir nanvam (People absent, but names
listed on the electoral rolls. Mormugao taluka has some
12,595 names of persons not present. This indicates the
level of bogus voting, says D Fernandes).
* Pois ravun topsanni (Examining from a distance... Fr Nicolau
Pereira, former St Xavier's College principal on remote
sensing and related science issues).
* BHAROTI SAMACHAR (Indian News)
Kankrache piddechea ilazak dhanvddi
(Race to build awareness about cancer, held in Delhi)
Munglorant Igorjecher holl'lo
(Attack on a Protestant church in Mangalore)
Dalitacher holl'lo
(Congress Dalit worker attached badly in Sardarpur, Ahmedabad)
Bispamcho Pongodd Agra (Bishops hold peace meet in Agra)
* Internet asa, potr pustokanchi goroz kosli?
(With the Internet, is there any need left for newspapers
and books, asks Pio Esteves)
* EDITORIAL: Dor kornnek, samsorko ani porto zabab asa.
Newton's principle: Every action has an equal and
opposite reaction. Edit looks at how the Gujarat CM
Narendra Modi interpreted this principle to justify the
violence that killed hundreds, mostly Muslims, in his state.
* Goemchim Kazaram. Fr Tomas Lobo on weddings in Goa.
* Hanv sontr soltana (Musings On Peeling An Orange)
* SONSARAR NODOR: Eye on The Outside World
Igroz Matek Anink 6 Bhoktivont
(Church takes on six more Blesseds)
East Timor vechnukeo (Polls in East Timor)
* GOENCHI KHOBOR/Goan News:
Akhil Konknni Porixod Munglur / Konkani Conference in Mangalore
Janashatabdi Express, novi rail ghaddi. New Bombay-Goa train.
Goem Salvar korunk GPYCcho Padyatra. Footmarch by Congress
to "save Goa".
Tiatristancho bhovman: Artistes of the tiatr stage honoured.
Jose Vazacho 351vo zolmadis. Pe Jose Vaz's 351st anniversary.
* RECIPES/RANDPACHEM REXET: Ambeanchi chetni (Mango chutney)
Gorjecheo vostu: 5 tornne ambe par zalole (five raw mangoes);
half-kg godd (jaggery). ing (asofateda), 2 kileram
sasvam (2 spoons mustard), 5 tornneo mirsango (5 raw chillies)
KOROP (METHOD): Tel taponv ing, sansvam ani fenngrek baz.
Ambe sol'l ani barik kator ani mov zaisor sizoi. Kailint
godd ani udok ghal. Datt zaisor dovlit rav. Pitto kelolo
sambar ghal. Soglem borem misoll kor, tambso rong iesor
dovor. Uprant aidonant bhorun frizint dovor. Bakrek, unddeak
lanv kha. -- By V Monteiro
Fry asofateda, mustard and fennugreek. Skin mangoes and cut
fine. Boil till soft. Mix the jaggery and water. Stir till thick.
Mix all well till turns red. Keep in the fridge, and eat with
bread or chappati.
* Masses for Fr Angelo. Brestarak (Thursdays) mornings 6.30,
7.30, 8.30, 9.30 and 10.30. Evening 4 and 5 pm. Prayers for
the sick after each mass.
* KELL ANI KHELLGODDI (Sports and Players):
Girgirem gunvlem ani kop Kolkota pavlem! (The tides turned
and the cup reached Kolkata).
Churchill timicho Yakubu Yusif 6vea NF Ligan sogleam
poros chodd gol marpi mhonn man zoddun gelo. Tannem 17 gol
marleat. (Churchill player Yakubu Yasif scored the highest
goals in the National Football League, 17 in all.)
* ADVERT: Simonia Stores, Mapusa Municipal Market. Specialist
of all types of Goan sweets, wedding and birthday cakes.
* Editor Peter Raposa sfx Phone 219091. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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