September 11, 2007 – 9:03 pm
Goans are trying to salvage its sagging women folklore `Fugadi’ which feared to get lost with the modernisation.
Taking up the cudgels, the state sponsored organisations like Rajiv Kala Mandir and Kala Academy have carved out special competitions to encourage this dance form of art, which, hitherto, rules rural Goa.
“It is […]
September 10, 2007 – 2:06 pm
South Goa district police have been put on high alert and Ganesh mandals across South Goa have been urged to help the police force in maintaining tight security during the ten-day Ganesh festival, which begins on September 15.
Talking to ‘The Navhind Times’, the superintendent of police, South Goa, Mr Shekhar Prabhudessai informed that in-charges of […]
August 28, 2007 – 6:59 pm
A Goan is said to be born with music in his blood and music literally accompanies him from the cradle to the grave. Musical traditions run in whole generations. Music itself runs the entire gamut of sonic versatility; from the rustic Dhangar ( Shepherd ) playing and flutes to sophisticated tabla and […]
August 19, 2007 – 9:23 pm
The port town is all set for the grand Saptah celebrations that begin on August 19.
The Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) and Revenue Minister Jose Philip D’Souza, who have been supervising the preparations, have promised a new look for this year’s Saptah by illuminating full stretch of the Swatantra Path.
“I have directed the electricity executive engineer […]
As the political crisis has been gripping Goa, people of this small town of Marcel celebrated Chikhalkala on July 27, which is an unusual festival, seems to be portraying the present political scenario in the state!Chikhalkala is celebrated by every year in Marcel which is about 17 km away from capital city of Panaji, on […]
The feast of St John the Baptist was celebrated with great enthusiam across the state of Goa on Sunday.
Youths enjoying the day, soon after they jumped into a river at Siolim
Some of the participating boats in the traditional boat festival held at Siolim on the occasion of Soa Joao on Sunday
The enthusiastic crowds
Youths […]
The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), which aims to organise the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in the near future on its own, got a first hand experience of the nitty-gritties of handling the event at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival.
The ESG participated at the India Pavilion with a four member delegation led […]
The India Focus Films kicked off to a bright start on Friday at the Cannes Film Festival in the Tous Les Cinemas Du Monde (All Cinemas of the World) section. Seven Indian movies are screened as part of the package and the interest among the world cinema lovers is visible in the queue that lined […]
Goa government today said the state is ready to take up the entire management of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) from next year if Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting agrees to it.
“We are keen on holding the festival on our own and we have started gaining expertise for it. But final […]
April 14, 2007 – 12:24 pm
With the three years of experience of holding International Film festival at its account, The state Government through its premier institution of “Kala Academy” is now all set to organise a Festival of the International Short Films, Documentary and Animation Films, at the Academy complex from April 28 to May 2.The inaugural session of the […]
