You wasted your precious time Joe. The chief guest Mr. Francis Silveira and his brother Antonio will arrive for any function only when they are informed by their chamchas that there is adequate crowd. They are not concerned about the delay but they are more interested in publicity. Furthermore no organizers can commence their event prior to their arrival.
Ignatius Dias Agassaim/UAE Message: 7 Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:10:19 +0000 (GMT) From: JoeGoaUk <joego...@yahoo.co.uk> To: goa...@goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Coconut Breaking Game (Contest) at Agassaim Message-ID: <275557.50123...@web25906.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Coconut Breaking Game ? We?wanted to be there on time So we arrived on time i.e. 3pm No, it did not start at the stated time nor it started 90 minutes later But it actually did at? 4.55pm. As if they were waiting for their Chief Guest the Local MLA and his brother, Zila Member. No sooner, they arrived than the event started. Local Sarpanch and the panch made it around 4pm though. ? Tip: Next time when you know there is a politician as chief guest, be there at least one hour later than the stated time. In our case, we did not know nor it was said in the ad etc. ? ? The Game: This is the first time I ever watched them playing. It needs two players. One to set the ball (coconut) rolling and the other to hit/break the ball using another hand held coconut as striker. Mostly, the opposition coconut breaks but sometimes both break or none breaks. Yet, there are situations where the opposition?s ball is safe but the hitter?s (Striker) ball breaks All the? winning/losing situations are selectively included in the clip. ? It?s Young Boys of Dugrem presentation of their 40th Traditional Coconut Breaking contest on the feast day of their Paron St. Lawrence on 10th August (every year same time/same venue) ? Coconut breaking Contest - Video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-HKTl6NWwo pics were supplied earlier There were other programs too such as Konkani songs, Magic Show by Anil, Kids Fancy Dress, Folk dance followed by Volley ball match between Curca Boys v/s Hausi Band ? Sadly, we could not wait to watch all this as we already wasted about 2 hours.. It was our feast too and he had our own programes at home. Except some parts of Magic Show by a local (Settled in Loutorim) which we liked a lot. A clip may be uploaded if time and mood permit. ? Some pics here of the Chuch on the feast day http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk27/4881109207/ ? St. Lawrence Maddi http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk27/4881718302/ ? Our Patron's feast is not as grand as 'purmentachem Fest' held in our church. joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa
