* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2008 Toronto International Goan Convention Theme: Goan Identity And Networking Today. http://2008goanconvention.com/index.php
Mario Miranda Festival, July 24-26, 2008 Old GMC Building http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-July/077732.html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * In.a.speech.at.the.Goan.Convention,Mr.Eduardo.Faleiro.is.purported.to.have.said.the the.following::::'''In.1956.an.eminent.Portuguese.geographer.Orlando.Ribeiro.led.a.team of.scholars.to.study.Goan.society.and.submitted.a.report.of.his.findings.to.Prime Minister.Dr.Oliveira.Salazar....His.report.stated.that.Goa.was.the.least.Portuguese in.its.cultural.expression.even.less.than.Guinea-Bissau,a.former.tiny.colony.of.the Portuguese.in.,West.Africa. It.is.obvious.that.being.a.true.geographer.Orlando.could.have.visited.places.in.Goa likeSouthern.Ilhas.and.Salcete.peninsula.which.were.considered.to.be.backward.areas as.far.as.''Portuguesismo''.was.concerned......Further.he.could.not.have.heard.much.o'f ''Viva.Portugal''.in.these.areas.the.sound.which.normally.tickles.the.cockles.of.the. Portuguese.Representatives.Overseas So.much.for.the.Goan.Identity! Antonio --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** http://www.GOANET.org **** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tri Continental Film Festival 2008 July 25 - 30, 2008 Goa, India http://www.moviesgoa.org/page/tri_continental/ http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricon/schedule_2008.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
