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Rico, This man has some great ideas.Only wish he would work to see them come through/true. You have rightly listed it as "Rene Barreto's Goa Day".It is not even a fixed day in August. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 2:12 AM Subject: [Goanet] SITEWATCH: Rene Barreto's GoaDay... > **************************************** > For more information/links, see http://goanet.netfirms.com > **************************************** > > > > > URL : http://www.goaday.com/about.php?PHPSESSID=e2f5 > 655d6c1e155bbcc11f0afa671336 > > Celebrate Goa and Goans > > * [1]Home > * [2]About > * [3]Events > * [4]Organisers > * [5]Participants > * [6]Messages > * [7]Archives > * [8]Contact Us > > About Us > > On GOADAY we remember 1992, when the two Houses of the Indian > Parliament unanimously voted and approved an amendment to include our > mother tongue Konkani in the eighth schedule of the Constitution of > India, thus according it national status. It is also a day where Goans > world-wide join in SOLIDARITY to celebrate being a GOAN ! > > This year on GOADAY thousands of Goans will remind themselves that we > need to work to preserve our Goan culture, music, history, language, > cuisine, and art for our children and the non-Goan community. Just as > we have learnt and improved from non-Goans, they too can learn from us > whether they are European, American, Japanese, African etc. We have a > lot to offer the world and should not be ashamed or shy away from our > own resplendent culture. We are as equal and adept as any other > people, and we should be proud to demonstrate that pride in our > actions. > > Life has been very good for some of us, and we should count our > blessings and thank God for it. Let us try and make our GOAN World a > better place for the underprivileged and those not as fortunate to > experience our style of living or material happiness. We can > accomplish this by genuinely sharing our bounty & blessings. > > Let GOADAY be a beacon of light, which will be our motivation or > driving force throughout the year, and for the rest of our lives. Let > us make this our motto, "Proud To Be a Goan." and live up to that > motto. > > GOADAY this year is being celebrated in a BIGGER way than ever before. > Goans in London have followed the example of Goans in Portugal and > Pakistan and formed an Alliance of Goan associations. > > They are planning one of the biggest Goan events the capital has ever > seen. There are many of Goans world wide who have also indicated their > interest in celebrating this great Goan event. > > On this occasion, many community related projects will be launched and > more emphasis will be put into Goan community voluntary services all > over the GOAN WORLD. > > Designed by [9]AlienWiz > > References > > 1. http://www.goaday.com/index.php > 2. http://www.goaday.com/about.php > 3. http://www.goaday.com/events.php > 4. http://www.goaday.com/org.php > 5. http://www.goaday.com/part.php > 6. http://www.goaday.com/msg.php > 7. http://www.goaday.com/archives.php > 8. http://www.goaday.com/cont_us.php > 9. http://www.alienwiz.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Goanet mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 2/25/2003 _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet
