Bonderam And Goa Day ! 2005
ON 27TH AUGUST THE DIVAR ASSOCIATION CELEBRATED THE BONDERAM FESTIVAL AND GOA DAY AT THE KINNSMEN CENTRE TORONTO. THE HALL WAS PACKED WITH PEOPLE OF DIVAR ISLAND AND THEIR FRIENDS WHO THOROUGHLY ENJOYED A VERY EXCITING PROGRAM.
THE FUNCTION BEGAN WITH A WELCOME SPEECH BY THE PRESIDENT. PROMPTLY AT 6.30 PM FR. CECIL NORONHA, FORMER PRINCIPAL OF DON BOSCO SCHOOL PANAJI CELEBRATED THE MASS. IN HIS HOMILY FATHER NORONHA EXPLAINED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BONDERAM AND ITS APPLICATION IN OUR TIMES. KONKANI HYMNS WERE SUNG DURING THE MASS ENDING WITH ORACAO OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER. WE ARE THANKFUL TO RUDY AND MARTHA FERNANDES FOR THE METICULOUS ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MASS.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A COLOURFUL PARADE OF THE FLAGS OF THE 16 VADDOS OF DIVAR ISLAND CARRIED BY THE FLAG BEARERS SELECTED FROM THE VARIOUS VADDOS. THE PIEDADE FLAG BEARERS WERE LED BY DORIS D'SA AND THE MALAR FLAG BEARERS BY CLARINA COUTINHO. THE PARADE BEGAN TO THE TUNE OF THE GRAND MARCH AND FOLLOWED WITH THE SONG "VIVA BONDERAM ' COMPOSED AND SUNG BY ANDREW D'SA. THE BONDERAM WERE MADE TO DANCE TO THE TUNE OF THE MANDO " SOBIT DAHLIA". THE PARADE CONCLUDED AFTER THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE JOINED IN FOR A PROTRACTED SESSION OF GOAN MASALA OF TRADITIONAL FOLKSONGS OF GOA. THE " FLAG BEARER FOR 2005 " WAS THEN SELECTED AND MR ANDREW D'SA PRESENTED HIM THE PRIZE IN MEMORY OF HIS LATE MOTHER . THE PRIZE WAS WON BY LESTER FERNANDES OF PORBHU VADDO. THE FLAGS WERE DESIGNED AND STITCHED BY CLARINA COUTINHO BY MIXING AND MATCHING 16 COLOURS REPRESENTING THE 16 VADDOS OF DIVAR. AFTER A SUMPTUOUS DINNER OF TRADIONAL GOAN DISHES THE AUDIENCE WAS TREATED TO THE MANDO " AIZ DIS SONTOSSACHO" FOLLOWED BY DULPOD " CHINAMCHIM CAPDDAM" BOTH OF WHICH WERE SUNG BY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
EXCELLENT MUSIC WAS PROVIDED BY RICHARD COUTINHO ... DJ SYMPHONY.
GUEST APPEARANCE FOR LIVE MUSIC SESSION WAS BY MANUEL GOMES, JOE D'CRUZ, LAWRY RODRIGUES, MAURICE COUTINHO AND RICHARD COUTINHO WHO OFFERRED CHA CHAS AND GOAN MASALA MEDLEY WHICH WAS APPRECIATED BY ALL.
A COLOURFUL SOUVENIR WAS PREPARED BY MAURICE COUTINHO CONTAINING THE ENTIRE LITURGY OF THE MASS AND THE WORDS OF ALL THE HYMNS AND SONGS. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL ARTICLES ON GOA.
THE FESTIVITIES ENDED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
ALL ENJOYED THIS UNIQUE FUNCTION AND EXPRESSED THEIR SATISFACTION WITH THE ARRANGEMENTS.
MAURICE F COUTINHO
PRESIDENT DIVAR ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
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