On 8 May 2012 15:00, Melvyn Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear goanet readers > > Greetings to everyone who celebrated our Saligao Mae De Deus Feast in Goa > and worldwide last Sunday and also fellow Goykars who celebrated their > village feasts on the same day. > > In London, United Kingdom, the Saligao Association UK management team > excelled themselves and the full house celebration was truly memorable. It > was good to see everyone from sunrise, midday and sunset years mingling > making the occasion a real success. Father Francis Rosario SFX Goan > Chaplain for the UK, opened the celebrations with the Feast Mass and the > choir sang beautifully. The excellent and generous helpings of tasty Goan > cuisine was by Shirley's Kitchen and the band Rainbow's End from Swindon, > played every tune one could wish for. > > For me, there were three best moments, the first seeing our youth in their > sunrise years enjoy themselves as they enthusiastically danced in-step to > our > traditional music. The second was the sing song of our Mandos and Dulpods > led by Adolf Saldanha (in this nineties) keeping our music alive. The third, > the launch of Stella Mascarenhas-Keyes book "Colonialism, Migration & The > International Catholic Goan Community" published by Goa, 1556, Sonarbhat, > Saligao, 403511, Goa India ([email protected]). Many of us in the United > Kingdom know Stella and the whole Mascarenhas family as they have been > involved in community work over the years. > > For information the name 1556 is dedicated to the year when the first > printing press was established in Asia in Goa. > > Once again, Boas Festas. > > > Rose Fernandes > Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom > > 8th May 2012 > > > RESPONSE: Yes it was a wonderful celebration, although I am not from Saligao I became a member around 1971 - we had to take on ordinary membership to attend a New Years function somewhere in central London.
Stella gave us an informative talk about appreciating our ancestors who travelled far and wide. I saw Selma Carvalho but before I could meet her whoosh, she was gone! I have only met her briefly, twice before. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
