Maybe I was totally out of touch with Goa. What exactly is the meaning
of Pai Tiatrist? It cannot be translated as "Father of Tiatrists". If
this was the case, a better term would be "Tiatristancho Pai".
I had NEVER heard of this term when I grew up in Goa and had never
heard of the man they refer to as "Pai".
But this post answered one of my nagging questions - I had no idea why
they named that "ugly" looking structure at Old Market, Margao as Pai
Auditorium. All along, I thought it was named after some Hindu family,
with "Pai" as their last name.
Interestingly, "Pai" is a Portuguese word for "Father" and is somehow
used to honor Konkanni tiarists.
Am I missing something here:) ?
Jim F
New York
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On Dec 14, 2009, at 11:24 AM, godfrey gonsalves <[email protected]
> wrote:
The 138th birth anniversary of Joao Agostinho Fernandes "Pai
Tiatrist" Father of Konkani theatre was celebrated this evening at
the "Pai Tiatrist" Indoor Auditorium Margao with a grand 3 hrs
musical extravaganza by several tiatrists and a large audience.
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