EKVAT FROM LISBON TO PERFORM IN PANJIM, MARGAO, B'LORE, BOMBAY, DELHI EKVAT (a group of traditional Goan music and dances) of Casa de Goa, Lisbon, will hold performances of roughly one hour duration in Panjim (4th June), Margao (5th June), Bangalore (7th June), Bombay (9th June) and New Delhi (11th June) at the invitation of the Office of the Commissioner for NRI Affairs, Government of Goa, in association with the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR).
EKVAT [http://www.ekvat.org] celebrated twenty years of its activity in 2009/2010 creating and celebrating traditional Goan music and dances and making it known to a wider audience in Portugal and also in other countries. Below are details of the EKVAT shows to be held in the various cities. Entry passes for all the shows are free and can be collected prior to the event from the offices or counters mentioned below for each venue: GOA : PANJIM: 4th. June 2011, at 06:30 pm at the Dinanath Mangeshkar Auditorium, Kala Akademi (tel: 0832-2420451/52/53/54). Free entry passes will be available at reception counters at the venue MARGAO: 5th June 2011, at 06:30 pm at the Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium (tel: 0832-2726980). Free entry passes will be available at reception counters at the venue BANGALORE: 7th. June 2011, at 07:00 pm at the Chowdiah Memorial Hall, G.D. Park Extension, Vyalikavil, Bangalore 560003. Free entry passes will be available at ICCR Bangalore Office, Nº. 7/2 1st floor, 2nd Main, Palace Cross Road, Bangalore 560 020. Tel: 080-23462714 (D) or 080-23462714/23462715(O). BOMBAY: 9th. June 2011, at 07:00 pm at NCPA Tata Theatre, Nariman Point. Free entry passes will be available from 6th June onwards at ICCR Bombay Regional Office 1, Hemprabha, 68, Netaji Subhash Marg, Marine Drive, Mumbai 40020; Tel: (022) 22814581/ (022) 22813302 NEW DELHI: 11th. June 2011, at 06:30 pm at ICCR Azad Bhavan Auditorium, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi 110 002; Free entry passes will be available at the venue Tel: (011) 23370831 or (011) 23370226 Please inform all friends of Goan culture about these events With best regards Arvi Barbosa (EKVAT Group of Casa de Goa /Lisbon) Web site: http://www.ekvat.org -- Circulated globally by Goanet [http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/] Building a Goan village globally, via cyberspace, since 1994. Founded by Herman Carneiro, fuelled by volunteer-power.
