[Goanet] BAPA MHOJEA MOGALLA - Konkani devotional hymn
Dhonia Devan favo kelolea soglea denneam khatir VelroyFernandes gheun yeta aplo poiloch video, BAPA MHOJEA MOGALLA (Konknni bhokti-git) [Velroy's first video on Youtube...dedicated to the Lord] Hea bhokti-gitacho mull rochpi: Charles De Foucauld Songitacho sangat: Grayston Vaz [] Keith Antao Songitachi manddavoll: Joel Fernandes Concept: Wynne Moraes [] Velroy Fernandes Mixing: VEL-TUNED Studio [] Mastering: Darrel Mascarenhas Video Editing: Evolution X Media (Benny Cardozo &Froilan Fernandes) Colour Grading: Avit Psy Rush Bapa Mhojea Mogalla (Konkani Gospel Cover) Official Video 2020 | | | | | | | | | | | Bapa Mhojea Mogalla (Konkani Gospel Cover) Official Video 2020 | | |
[Goanet] Konkani Christmas Carol
Dear all, Listen to this Christmas Carol from the album, ZOIT-achim FULAM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x85EMEe-h8&feature=youtu.be Wishing you a Blessed Christmas! walter
[Goanet] Interview with Enclidas de Elly
To, The Moderator, Goanet. Sir, Dalgado Konknni Akademi is organizing Borovpeak Bhett ( Meet the Writer ) Programme on Wednesday, 30th October 2013 at TAG Hall, Campal, Panaji, Goa at 4.30 pm. The personality for the Borovpeak Bhett is Enclidas de Elly, publisher and editor of Cine Times, a Konkani weekly published from Mumbai. In this regard, please find my article EDITOR ELLY which first appeared on Gomantak Times, Goa dated 4th November 2009 for your kind consideration on Goa Book Club. walter menezes EDITOR ELLY He was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), the fourth child in a family of seven. His mother always filled his heart with abundant love, especially of Goa, his homeland, and Konknni, the language of his forefathers. After his studies in Delhi, he returned back to Bombay and spent 32 long and fruitful years in the cause of the mother-tongue his mother taught him. WALTER MENEZEScatches up with Enclidas de Elly, former editor of Cine Timesand recipient of awards and recognitions from Goan Review Art Foundation and Dalgado Konknni Akademi at his Ambaulim residence in Quepem, where he is busy giving the final touches to his latest offering, ‘Otmo Porot Zolmant Eta?’, a researched Konknni book on reincarnation. The slightest sound at the compound gate of his modest residence off Ambaulim-Cuncolim road was enough to provoke his ‘dog-squad’ into loud bursts of frenzied howling. Enclidas de Elly’s weekly, like so many others, may have been a ‘watchdog’ once upon a time but here, the fearsome-threesome ruled the roost. ‘They mean no harm,’ he explained amidst the din. ‘But they take their time before they can be friends,’ he said, leading me to his sitting-room through the back-door and the kitchen. This was only my second visit but once seated, the 1942-born boroinnar (writer) of nearly 250 Konknni short-stories in the Roman script spoke for more than an hour about his life, his times and Cine Times. The Early Days We were a big family then settled in Marine Lines. Hanv chovtho (I was the fourth)… amongst four brothers and three sisters. My father was a seafarer but it was my mother who realized the need to keep her children ‘bonded’ to our homeland through Konknni, our mother-tongue. Every time the postman arrived with a letter from my father mailed from some distant port, mother would assemble us children and loudly read the contents to us. All letters were always in Konknni. Later, I began reading the letters and then, even took to replying as well. I think by the time I was seven, I was fairly good in reading and writing Konknni in the Roman script. In Father’s Shoes My father expired when I was only eleven and life suddenly became miserable and difficult. But my mother was a brave woman. Tinnem amkam voir kaddlim (She brought us up). Bombay in those days was different and the city offered enough avenues to earn one’s daily bread. Elliott de Elly, my elder brother, was at that time working for the All India Radio in Delhi as Konknni newsreader and he felt it was his responsibility now to give me ‘a proper education’. In 1956, I left Bombay for Delhi and stayed with my brother in Western Extension Area, Karol Bagh, where I completed my SSC through DelhiPublicCollege and BSc through TB (Tej Bahadur) College. I also did a one-year course in Printing Technology while I was there. The Fever of Freedom Those were wonderful years in Delhi. The struggle for Goa’s freedom was gaining momentum. Manoharai Sardesai, Chandrakant Keni, Evagrio George and Alfred Braganza…they used to be in Delhi and were frequently on AIR with Goa-related programmes. My brother had an intimate relationship with them. The fever of freedom had consumed them all. My brother was transferred back to Bombay, once Goa was liberated in 1961. Gõychea Saibachea Porbe Disa… This may come as a surprise but I began my career as a printer-cum-compositor, first with Goa Times and later with Ave Maria. Unlike present-day machines, working on a cylinder machine was quite a tough job and although my spell in both these Konknni periodicals was brief (nine months), the experience and knowledge gained was enough to land me in Thakurdwar’s Rohit Printers where I immensely improved my Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati. Although Goa was liberated, we in Bombay were getting stories of a sinister design to make Goa a part of Maharashtra. We decided it was time to stand up. Our younger generation was moving away from Konknni, our mother-tongue. It was important that we renewed that bond again if we had to ward off the threat. There was this sick unit, Rex Printing Press, in Chandanwadi. We brought it on rental basis and on December 3, 1963, Gõychea Saibachea porbe disa (on the feast day of St. Francis Xavier), we launched Cine Times, a 12-page demi-size Konknni weekly in the Roman script, priced at an unbelievable ten paise! The Pages of Cine Times We aimed to give quality and variety to our readers
[Goanet] Music group from Quepem
Dears, Check the video clippings of young musicians from Quepem, who performed during the felicitation programme of SSC top rankers on 22nd July, 2012 at the Quepem Sports Complex. The function was organized ny Nav Yug Vikas Manch, Quepem L-R: Valery D'Costa, Kiransha Velingker, Keith Azavedo, Rohan Silveira and Quentin Mascarenhas Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-xwxrobZK0&feature=channel&list=UL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CiRE65Fl88&feature=channel&list=UL Walter Menezes
[Goanet] Voice of Quepem
A new blog which contains news reports and the legal impediments surrounding the Quepem Church, which the parishioners are unaware of, can be found at http://voiceofquepem.blogspot.in/ Walter Menezes
[Goanet] My yahoo account has been hacked
To, The Moderator, Goanet. Dear Sir, My following account has been hacked: walter_mene...@yahoo.com Letters have been sent to all my friends on the mailing list that I am stranded in UK and in urgent need of money. May I inform your readers that I am safe and very much in Goa. Walter Menezes, Quepem, Goa.
[Goanet] QUEPEM CHURCH: 183 Not Out! Should it be pulled down? - Part I
QUEPEM CHURCH: 183 Not Out! Should it be pulled down? By Walter Menezes For a number of years now, the parishioners of Quepem have spent considerable time and energy debating over an issue that has so far not yielded any concrete solution: should the 183-year old Holy Cross Church be 'pulled down' to make way for a new and a modern church? In the last week of April, 2008, the Parish Priest of the Church, Rev. Fr. Mario Vaz, who took charge last year, undertook a journey to all the wards of the parish in a fresh attempt to know the 'pulse' of the people, with a videographer in tow. And while the parishioners look forward to the formal meetings to discuss, threadbare and in length, the various issues that need to be settled, this article is only an attempt to enlighten the reader about the history of the church, the 'Rococo Period' during which it was built and towards the end, offer a few suggestions. I must admit that I am not an architect or a historian but I love Goa and its hills and heritage. And every time a tree is felled, a hill raped or an ancestral house razed to make way for 'concrete boxes', my heart bleeds. THE CHURCH The Holy Cross Church of Quepem was founded in 1825 by the Cathedral Dean Rev. Jose Paulo da Costa Pereira de Almeida. A chapel in the beginning and filial to the church of Paroda, it was made a parish by provision of 5.2.1833. After repairs the church was re-opened for the worship on 6.7.1889. Quepem, as we know, was incorporated in Goa along with the territories of Ponda, Zambaulim, Canacona, Paroda, Mulem and the Fortress of Cabo de Rama only in 1782, in an agreement signed between the Portuguese and the Rei of Sundem. Google search reveals that Dean Rev. Almeida or 'Deão', as he is respectfully known in Quepem even now, arrived in Goa in 1779 along with the Archbishop, Dom Frei de Santa Catarina, famously known as the 'barefooted friar'. The Archbishop died in the Palácio do Deão and his mortal remains are in the Church of Quepem. Bestowed with exceptional faculties of intelligence, 'Deão' rapidly rose to positions of responsibility and in 1787 shifted his residence from Old Goa to Quepem and founded a hamlet. He established, at his own expense, a public market, hospital, other facilities and the Church for the benefit of the inhabitants, as inscribed on the pyramidal structure in the churchyard. (to be continued) == The above article appeared in the May 8, 2008 edition of the Gomantak Times, Goa
[Goanet] tribute to sanny de quepem
to, the editor. find below my article, 'a dramatic exit', which appeared on gomantak times dt 11/12/07, for your kind consideration. thanking you, walter A DRAMATIC EXIT ! By: Walter Menezes Sanny de Quepems second album of Konknni gitam simply titled NRI, contains a memorable track. The last song, Flight Kuwait-Goa (Part 2), continues to echo in the corridors of your heart, long after it is over. And only Sanny, who had lived in Kuwait and knew what it meant to be away from home and loved ones, could have penned such lyrics of love and longing. Your heart bleeds when the beloved, all alone at home, sings: Kuwait than tum phone-ar uloita, ast bhagonam Ghara kenna ietolo, vincharlear sangonam Uxem vengent dhortam, tuzo hat lagonam Ugddas ietoch, phone-axim bostam Phone vazonam! In the early hours of November 10, when the cell phone rang at Sannys Goa residence at Sonar Bhatt, Quepem and his daughter, Streisan picked up the call, she would soon realize that her world would never be the same again. She would also realize that from now onwards, she would require nerves of steel to comfort her mother who was fast asleep, oblivious of the tragedy that had befallen the family. A few hours earlier, on the previous day, Sanny had been at the Goa Day 2007 celebrations in Kuwait and had sang, what would later turn out to be the last Konknni solo of his life, before a captivating audience. Sometime later, on his way back to his residence, he would complain of chest pain and before his brother, Vicky, staying with him in Kuwait, could rush him to the hospital, Sanny had returned to the Lord. The news was shocking and Goanetters condoled the untimely death of a true Goan who promoted Konknni, Konknni music and the tiatr. A day after his death, Goanet was full of tributes and condolence messages. Frederick Noronha wrote, I was very much taken up by his determination to share all the Goa-related news he came across. In these fading days of community-spirited individuals, Sanny was a welcome difference. He stirred our imagination by his postings, said Venantius Pinto. In the good old days when possessing a motorbike was considered a luxury, I remember seeing Sanny on his Yezdi, zipping through the narrow roads of our village. Tall, thin, and bearded, he looked every inch the creative and imaginative person that he really was. Although we both hailed from Quepem, I knew him only from a distance, until one day, just a few months ago, we met on the net. It was such a pleasure to open the inbox everyday and find, without fail, Sanny there with his interesting posts. I never realized how greatly he had touched the lives of Goans all over the globe until his passing away. I suddenly felt the need to know more about my fellow-villager who had made such a difference in everyones life. At the Mandovi Stores in Quepem, Sannys second album, NRI (April, 2007) as well as his first, Saibinnicho Tisro Segred (Nov, 2005) were not available. However, Evangelisto DCosta, the proprietor, was kind enough to give me NRI from his private collection so that I could copy and enjoy the songs. Silviano Barbosa, who reviewed both the albums, said that they deserved to be in the top list of his collection of Konknni albums and praised Sanny as a great lyricist and one who uses beautiful Konknni idioms and proverbs with his nigut bhas and modhur voice. It was this voice that enabled Sanny to set the stage on fire. Gaspar Almeida, who penned his profile, shares some interesting facts about the various stages of Sannys life. He was Kala Academys Best Singer Award Winner for a record number of eight times and had acted in tiatrs of Nelson (of Nelson-Anthony-Conception fame), Caesar DMello and others. For some time, he was also part of a dance band called the Young Challengers. Felix Pereira, a writer-director of yesteryears from Quepem, fondly recollects the time when Sanny had acted in Beddi in 1980, In this tiatr, he played the role of a villain and did an excellent job. But more than that, I remember the encores that he and Constancio DSilva received for their duo on a child who was abandoned at birth. His death, as was his life, was full of coincidences and drama. Like the title of the last track in NRI, his body arrived on a flight from Kuwait to Goa. He was laid to rest on November 15, the day of his wedding anniversary. Great singer that he was, Sanny had sang, Ill Be Loving You Eternally, holding his young life-partner in his arms, during the wedding special, twenty six years ago. And it was the same song that was now played again, as per his wishes, when the lid was placed on the coffin and his last journey began, from his house to the Holy Cross Church in Quepem. The church was full. Some, like me, probably questioning the Lord why He had to call Sanny to His heavenly kingdom, so soon. And as if in answer, there was Elvis Goes, another famous son of Quepem, sing
[Goanet] SANNY DE QUEPEM
* GOANET C * O * M * M * U * N * I * T * Y E * V * E * N * T * Xavier Center of Historical Research presents HISTORY HOUR TOPIC: Waste Wise - An Interactive Awareness Presentation on Waste Management in Goa SPEAKER: Clinton Vaz - November 16, 2007 - 5:30pm VISIT: http://tinyurl.com/222757 A tribute to Sanny GOODBYE, SANNY GOODBYE goodbye, sanny goodbye there is mail in my mailbox but without your posts it looks empty and sure we miss you aplenty you did your bit and more than that and gave your very best to everyone around for to give is godly and all that is not given is lost says an old indian proverb the bard of avon once said life is a stage and that is where you stood on goa day singing your heart out before a captivating audience but only the lord knew and none how sudden and 'drama'tic your 'exit' would be goodbye, sanny goodbye walter menezes, quepem, goa Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ
