Dear Godfrey Thanks for the write-up on the 2nd Konkani Music Festival. Regarding your point on the church not being depicted in the decor, I must clarify here. The front of the stage was erected on the lines of the familiar Immaculate Conception church steps. The lamp tower of a temple was depicted on the backdrop. Throughout the organisation of the fest, a desire to bring both communities together was always on our minds as in the first festival at Margao. We prepared the invites, posters, information boards, backdrop lettering,etc in both Devnagri as well as Roman script. People first, script later, the organizers feel.But I realise that not many people may have recognised the church steps decor. The stage height restricted us from taking the steps any higher.
Interestingly, the deepstambha is actually a cultural symbol for both people. The architectural style of the deepstambha is strongly Neo-Roman, as the worksmen who built them were also working on churches at that time.(Ref-Jose Pereira's Baroque India & Churches of Goa.) Regards, Jose Lourenco. --- godfrey gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Music starts from childhood. There is music in the > cind there is music in the cry of a child there is > music in the wind---- these were the introductory > words of ex Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly and > renowned tiatrist Prof Tomazinho Cardozo of > Candolim, > at the two day SECOND AKHIL BHARATIYA KONKANI > SANGEET > SAMMELAN being held.... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
