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http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=110920
Delhi to host Goa Mahotsav UNI New Delhi Nov 8: The music, culinary delights and handicrafts from Goa — a tourist paradise — will be brought under one roof at the Goa Mahotsav' beginning in the capital tomorrow. Goan food, the perfect blend of eastern and western culinary, prepared by chefs specially flown in for the five-day event will be for asking of both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. The state government and the Goenkarancho Ekvot, an organisation of Goans in Delhi, which are organising the event at the Goa Sadan on the Amrita Shergill Marg near the Lodhi Gardens, also assures the presence of Goan rock bands. "There will be live music by the Goan bands," says Ms Suman Kurade, the president of Goenkarancho Ekvot. Thirty folk dancers from Goa are also arriving for the event, which will be inaugurated by the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Mr Prithviraj Chauhan. The VIPs present on the occasion will be the Goa Chief Minister, Mr Pratapsing Rane; Union minister, Mr Oscar Fernandes and Ms Margaret Alva besides the Goa Minister for Art and Culture, Mr Digambar Kamat. According to Ms Kurade, the festival is also aimed at keeping the spirit of Goa alive among the Goans (about 7,000) living away from home in the national capital. "It is also to spread the awareness of Goan culture and tradition among others," she adds. So, head for the lawns of Goa Sadan tomorrow and the only thing you will be missing would be the beaches. -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England
