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This month's Goanet operations sponsored by an Anonymous Donor ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fasting And Repentance For Lenten Season Lent is the season of penance, sacrifice and fasting for 40 days and 40 nights. The Lenten season starts form Ash Wednesday and ends on the auspicious day of Easter Sunday- This festival is celebrated in great pomp and festivity all over the world by the Catholics. During Lenten season, devoted Catholics refrain from smoking, drinking, consuming meat products, etc, and instead do penance for their wrong doings and ask for forgiveness from the Almighty. Konkani dramas or Tiatrs were never held during Lenten season in Kuwait, but this year Simon Gonsalves-the talented script writer-director and singer from Panchwadi-Goa had a brilliant idea to entertain the Goans with a message for lent. His drama “Challis Dis ani Challis Rati” was showcased at the Hawally A/C Auditoruim on 23rd March with a galaxy of stars and tiatrits from Kuwait and Goa. Willy Silveira – the upcoming sensation on Konkani stage along with the veteran Jessie Dias (known as ‘Mother of Konkani stage) and popular Comedian Agostinho Temudo, were flown in from Goa for this wonderful themed drama, Simon Gonsalves well known in the Tiatirst circle as an excellent director and talented artiste par excellence for his scenes and sceneries. His Konkani movie “Chovis Voram” was an instant hit, so also his two dramas held in Kuwait. The Lenten family drama was very touching and hard hitting, but tuned the right chords as some elements of the society refusal to accept facts and turn towards salvation and repentance. This type of entertainment is rare specially when it has a message for the masses. The special effects and stage setting was beyond doubt praiseworthy and nothing could falter when Santana Piedade Afonso (SPA) is involved-to put in the words of Simon Gonsalves. Musical score was provided by Shahu Almeida & His Musicians and the event was organized by the United Club of Utorda. Overall Simon Gonsalves along with selected artistes presented the drama in a professional manner. The message of give and take, darkness and light, faith and doubt, action and apathy was indeed well conceive. Appropriate comedy by Philip Pereira, Agostinho, Querobina Carvalho and Salu Faleiro, well meaning and songs on love, faith and sacrifices were rendered by Marcus Vaz, Sanny de Quepem, Jessie Dias, Anthony Carr, Willy Silveira, Ignatius de Xelvon, Laurente Pereira, the enchanting Ronny-Jasmine D’Cunha, among others with Riana Azavedo, Sandra Fernandes, Jessie Dias Simon Gonsalves, Cajetan de Sanvordem, Joseph Rodrigues, Manu D’Souza, enacting the major roles in the drama to perfection. Janet Franco e Fernandes was the chief guest for the drama. The scenes of Ash Wednesday and the Last Supper were astonishingly well performed and depicted. Above article appeared in THE TIMES, Kuwait’s Premier Weekly Newspaper, dated March 30 – April 05, 2007 ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/