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Dear Friends, Below is the pvt mail I rvcd from one of the Goanetter from Mumbai in response to my posting of news item last month. Well, I too was surprised to read that only 500 attended the Goan fest. I am sure there are more than 2000 Goan families..in IC parish which has 20,000+ parishioners. In Jan this year I had taken my full family for Prince Jacob's 'Padri' in Borivili and I think over a 1000 goans watched the show and that too on weekday. I do not agree with my friend that a high percentage of Goans in Mumbai do not know konkani. I know many goans in Mumbai who speak konkani at home but are shy to speak outside. My wife who is born and brought up in Mumbai can read and write konkani fluently...and I encourage my daughter also to speak konkani. Can Fausto..(GRAF)...share his views on this. Regards Eddie Verdes Chinchinim/Jeddah/KSA. To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 7:16 AM Subject: Over 500 people attend Goan fest (Eddie) > Hello There Eddie!!! > This is regarding your news item on captioned subject and qoutes from > Dorothy Fernandes Resident of IC Colony "I have also attended the previous > shows held by GRAF..... However, not many youngsters attend this > festival." & Mary Anne Rodrigues Resident of SV Road "I didn't attend the > show as all programmes are in Konkani. Since I don't speak the language at > home I find it difficult to understand.". > >From the quotes it's obvious that a high percentage of Goans young & old, > based in mumbai,DO NOT KNOW konkanni.Mangloreans have an extra > script(TULLU/KANARESE) and [yet/so] speak their language well, while Goans > speak english at home by force of habit? We need to encourage our youth to > be proud of our heritage, & learning to speak konkanni, is the FIRST STEP. > This is where you come in. I'm aure you can convince GRAF( read Fausto) to > conduct a crash course in konkanni speaking, at Borivali.Adults too could > join to brush up on their speech...A nominal fee could be charged.... GRAF > could introduce & increase sale of their konkanni CDs / Cassettes / Books/ > Mags.. Maybe a club could follow, with book/magazines sharing.... > THINK ABOUT IT...You could PULL IT OFF.IT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR ALL. >
