Fr. Pratap Naik, S.J.
Director
THOMAS STEPHENS KONKNNI KENDR
B. B. Borkar Road, Alto Porvorim, Goa – 403 521
Phone: (0832) 2415857, 2415864
Estd. 29-03-1982. REG. No. 23/Goa/82
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: www.tskk.org
SILVER JUBILEE CLOSING CEREMONY
The Closing Ceremony of the Silver Jubilee Year of Thomas Stephens Konknni
Kendr (TSKK) was held at TSKK premises on Friday, 28 March 2008 at 5.25.
Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrão of Goa Archdiocese was the chief guest, and Mr.
Premanand Lotlikar, President of Dalgado Konknni Akademi; Mr. Purnanand Chari,
President of Konknni Bhasha Mandal, Margão; Mr. Wilson Mazarello convenor of
Roman Lipi Action Front; Mr. Eric Ozario, President of Karnataka Konkani
Sahitya Academy and Fr Anthony da Silva, S.J. the Jesuit Provincial of Goa
Province, were guests of honour.
The function started with a procession from the entrance receiving the Chief
Guest Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrão along with all the guests of honor. Goan
traditional musicians led the procession followed by the traditional ‘Vojem’
consisting all the local seasonal fruits and flowers of Goa. Chief Guest
Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrão was escorted with the traditional umbrella used
during the Hindu religious functions, followed by brass band. Fr Pratap Naik
welcomed the guests after the bhajan presented by Fr. Simon Fernandes, S.J.
Archbishop conferred Fr Antonio Pereira Konknni Puroskar on Mr. Yusuf Sheikh,
the 18th recipient of this puroskar. The award consisted of a shawl, memento
and a cheque of Rs. 25,000/-. Archbishop also felicitated Mr. Eric Ozario,
the Gurkar of Mandd Sobhann and the President of Karnataka Konkani Sahitya
Academy for making the Guinness Book of World Records by singing in Konknni for
40 hours.
The Archbishop in his speech said that the Konknni language and its culture
have a unifying quality that draws people together, and urged Goans to speak
and read Konknni to keep the language alive and to propagate Konknni culture.
While addressing the crowd Mr. Eric asked not to discriminate against the
Konknni language spoken by a group on the basis of script. Let Konknni flourish
in all the three scripts i.e. Devanagari, Kannada and Roman. Mr. Yusuf Sheikh
desired and opined that writers have the task to create an environment in
society where everybody could live in peace and harmony.
Mr. Wilson Mazarello presented ‘Konknni Martir Floriano Vaz Puroskar’ to Mr. .
Daniel F.. da Souza for his Konknni book in Roman script ‘Koslich Malis
Nastana’. The award consisted of a memento and cash Rs. 5,000/-.
TSKK in collaboration with Mandd Sobhann, Mangalore has published 3 volumes of
devotional songs in audiocassettes and CDs entitled ‘Bhakti Sobhann’. Lyrics
for these devotional songs in these cassettes were written by Fr. Pratap Naik,
S.J. The booklet of these lyrics was published by TSKK in collaboration with
Michael Gracias of Queenie Productions, Velsão, was released by Mr. Eric
Ozario during the function. The DVD ‘TSKK Darshan’ providing full information
on activities, and facilities available at TSKK was released by Purnanand
Chari, the president of Konknni Bhasha Mandal, Margão during the function.
‘Lourenço Umbelina Scholarship’ of Rs. 1,800/- was given to Miss Concy
Fernandes from Vasco by Mr. Premanand Lotlikar. As part of Silver Jubilee
Year TSKK organized Fancy dress, drawing and coloring, poster, fancy lamp
making and Rangoli competitions were held for students and adults. Prizes for
all the prize winners were distributed on this day at the hands of Jesuit
Provincial of Goa Province Fr. Anthony da Silva, S.J.
Young Chico and his group sang Konknni Film Songs after the main function. Ms
Shilpa Salvi and Ms Netra Veluskar of TSKK compeered the function and Ms Preeta
Naik delivered a vote of thanks.
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