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Sunday, 9 November 2014

Kingfisher Voice of Goa 2014

Kingfisher Voice of Goa
Grand 10 years (2005-2014)
Final held at Colva beach on 8th Nov. 2014
After 4 auditioning roounds at Mapusa, Vasco, Merces/Panaji, Margao, Semi-finals were held at Verna



The Nine Finalists
First Prize Rs.50,000, 2nd 30,000 and 3rd Rs. 20,000
English category winner also get contract from Kingfisher as
 Kingfisher brand ambassador for the year


The five judges were:
Donna Noronha, Mayuresh Vaasta, Simon Fernandes (simao de goa), Sharad Matkar and
Seby  Fernandes of 'Meera Meera' song fame.

Konkani Winners
1. Verfina Dias 1st (M)
2. Rutuja Lotliker 2nd (L)
3. Ancy Gonsalves 3rd (R)
 
English Winners
1. Kunal D'Costa (M)
2. Adrian Braganza (L)
3. Jenifer Fernandes (R)


 Hindi Winners
1. Akash Mangueshkar (M)
2. Rajat Mishra (L)
3. Divya Naik (R)




 Winners
Remo Fernandes
Verfina


Rutuja


Ancy Gonsalves


 Divya Naik
With Kinjal


 Akash Mangueskar
With Admiral BS Prahar , Govind Tiwari,   Remo Fernandes,


 Jenifer Fernandes
With Govind Tiwari Admiral BS Prahar ,  Perry Goes ,


 Kunal D’Costa


 Adrian Braganza
Admiral BS Prahar , Govind Tiwari, Perry Goes


the winners / Finalists


with awards


Gate


 Kingfisher


Host – Sachin Chatte


Stage, background


 Kinjal performing


 crowd


 VIPs, dignitaries, Judges etc
Admiral BS Prahar , Govind Tiwari, Perry Goes , Cherian Xavier,  Remo Fernandes,


Remo Fernandes and his Band Microwave Papadums
with Jonathan Dias, Elvis Lobo,  Mukesh Ghatwal & Dipak Manerikar
also Elvis Lobo and Shalisha






Young Drummer Jonathan Dias



Remo Fernandes










































Reminded me of Elvis Presley
 Remo on Flute


Dipak Manerikar
Mukesh Ghatwal
 Elvis Lobo






Video 1 - Kunal D' Costa - Voice of Goa (English)
Heaven by Bryan Adams


Video 2 - Kingfisher Voice of Goa - Verphina Dias (Konkani)


Video 3 - Kingfisher Voice of Goa (Hindi)

Video 4: Konkani Finalist - Ancy Gonsalves

Video 5:  ( Sabino Dias of last year's Voice of Goa 2013)


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Saturday, 25 October 2014

Matanhy Saldanha Statue unveiled at Cansaulim Market junction

Matanhy Saldanha statue unveiled at Cansaulim Today by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Matanhy’s 66th Birth Anniversary 24th Oct. 2014

 

The unveiling ceremony was to start at 4 pm sharp but Parrikar arrived around 4.25.

After a brief welcoming speech, Parrikar unveiled the statue at 4.35pm followed by a welcome song/dance.

At 4.44pm They invited VIP guests on stage starting with CM Parrikar, followed by South Goa MP Sawaikar, Avertano Furtado and Alina saldanha at this time 4.46 it started raining heavily and all chairs were empty as people ran for shelter.  It was raining on the stage too as the organiser did not provide waterproof roof top such as tarpaulin (in Cansaulim/Velsao only it did rain around 12.30pm on the day). By 5pm everything was abandoned what they spoke nobody undertood or heard by the people as it was raining and also all sound system was covered to protect from rain.  Truck came for filling up chairs and they did their job in the rain while people still waiting for rain to stop to go home. Rain stopped only after 5.30pm.

Fr. Braz Faleiro, Pascoal Dias (Former GRE President) and Agnelo Rodrigues were felicitated

 

The whole event including the cost of statue was supposed to at GRE or Ramponkars’s cost.

Chief Minister and other ministers, MPs presence made  people think as if it was a state’s  expenditure.  .

 
Politicians present on the dais were CM Manohar Parrikar, South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar, (North Goa MP and Minister Shripad Naik did not turn up), Fisheries Minister Avertano Furtado, Forest Minister Alina Saldanha,  BJP state President Vinay Tendulkar. Others who could not make it on stage (due to rains) were Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida,  Sanguem MLA Subash Phaldesai etc 


The pedestal appears to be larger/wider than the statue.


 People gathered there were served with snack boxes  worth Rs.40-50
consisting cake, Frooti and Pattice


Watch the video and enjoy the rains too


 

Pics

 

Matanhy



 

Statue covered with Parrikar








 

Statue unveiled












Welcome song / Dance



 

Crowd



 

stage



 

Rains/Umbrellas on stage / dais

















 


 

Manohar Parrikar, MP Sawaikar, Avertano

 






 

Rain clouds above


 

 

Rain, umbrella, people, empty chairs,  shelter








 

Snacks box

Cake frooti and Pattice



Video



Sir Matanhy Saldanha's last journey / Funeral - Pics and videos
http://joegoauk-pointofview.blogspot.in/2012/03/adieus-sir-matanhy-saldanha.html
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Monday, 20 October 2014

Harvester


Harvester
Multi-talented machine that does not just  harvesting but cutting, threshing, processing, winnowing, splitting, discharging waste (straw), storing processed paddy grains into storage tank, offloading or bagging etc


First seen in Goa around 2009 (watch video clip 2010, see link below)
Now, there are about 20 such combined harvesters in Goa.
The machine can harvest one acre (4,000 sq m) per hour.
The harvesting of eight acres can be done in a day.
It can save on manual cost (Labour -Men/women, Manai / Kameri) by upto one third.
e.g. If traditional manual harvesting was costing say Rs.6,000, the harvester can reduced it to up to Rs.2000 only  as the machine does the job of cutting, threshing, winnowing, sorting and even bagging.
It’s holding tank capacity is about 12 full sacks or 5 Hundi,  or 1,500 L capacity



This machine technology  necessarily means – less or No ‘Manai’,  No ‘Kamerio’, (labourers)
No ‘Bhoum’ No Bullocks (boil / Bulls) for threshing or ‘boum’ etc etc
Traditional harvesting is a process of 3-4 days which ends with 'bhoum'
‘Bhoum’ is the traditional  final process of paddy threshing which
usually done few days after the main harvesting/Threshing. 
Bhoum involves use of bullocks, drying of hay (tonn) and hay-stacking (Kullem / kuttor ?) etc


Note: Mechanised harvesting may mean no or minimum straw / Hay-stack or tonn or kullem which is used as cattle fodder - Cows/Bulls - see last pic

In Goa, Farmers pays for Harvester Rs.2,200 per hour as rent out of which Rs.1000 paid by the Govt. as subsidy.



Combined harvester costing Rs. 20 - 25 lacs  having  about 17 motors / belts inside and its one main replacement belt itself cost Rs.1.30 lacs.


Mostly seen machines in Goa  are CLAAS Crop Tiger 30, 20 etc

Pics








 







Pics of 2010
Check this 4in1 pic
others

Video 2010


Traditional Harvesting/ threshing / Winnowing / Bhoum etc




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Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Film: Finding Fanny




Finding Fanny
by Homi Adajania
Released on 12th Sept 2014

Your are my first and the last love

No one can take your place in my heart

I can wait and I can wait for years

For you are the only one..

 

The Film  is ‘All things  Goan’

Houses, sea-shell windows,  Old Goa, Divar, Britona,

Chapel of 3 kings, Cuelim (the main)

Sorpotel,  Dev bore dis dium aunty, hanv tuji anty nhuim, zalem tem zalem, Dev bori Rat dium, Pixa..

Maka tondd lagta – Zor Aila mista –Dotorak dakoi, St. Jacinto Island bridge funeral with open coffin funeral brass band, Stefanny Fernandes, Velsao Lake or Pale Tollem, Ferdinando, Dom Pedro, op mus (irmao confrad), car GDA 247, hot water rubber bottle, Patrao , Ferdie wait re, ferryboat, viceroy gate, Rickshaw ponk ponk, Cheuris pao, Gaundalim Railway crossing, Sam Pedro Sangodd with band, stop the car re, have you gone mad o what?  Russians can’t buy properties in Goa unless they marry a Goan

Riding with helmet on, plus carries one spare.  Goa should recommend declaring this film Tax Free, the film is also released during Road Safety week

It’s in the village of Pokoli, Goa but where is Pokoli?

I think I know where, it around Cansaulim.

 

Arjun Kapoor as Savio da Gama

Deepika Padokone, Pankaj Kapoor, Dimple Kabadia etc also did well

But Naseeruddin Shah was best of the best

 

Duration: about 1.5 hrs

Overall rating: 4/5

Now Please identify the scenes 6in1, also the car model


 

Film is like a blend of English, Hindi, Portuguese, Konkani set in  pre or post liberation era.

Except some scenes like listing to IPod music in the Car, taking selfie at Divar, Kids carrying modern school bags (backpack)

 

Happy viewing!

More pics

Poster
Some known Goans?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/15258213881/in/photostream


Some more pic of the Pokoli Chapel


https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk8/2171531246/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk47/6647288345/


Update:
I started getting queries to know more about the village 'Pokoli'


Possible imaginary village of 'Pokoli'
Father’s Anniversary, start of Journey finding Fanny, Twin wedding etc
all happened at this venue / Chapel Complex
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8NzAYo_480


 




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