Goa Pex 2014, District Level Philatelic
exhibition was held at the Maquinez Palace, ESG Complex, Campal, Panaji from
18th to 21st December 2014. The exhibition was inaugurated by Shri Surendra
Furtado, Mayor of Panaji in presence of Shri Pundalik Naik, President of Goa
Konkani Academy who was the guest of honour of the function and Shri Charles
Lobo, Postmaster General, Goa Postal Region and Ms. Archana Gopinath, Senior
Superintendent of Post Office, Goa Division.
On the inaugural day a Special Cover on the
feast of Sao Joao was released jointly by the guests on dais. (Special Cover
approval no. MH/38/2014)
Sao Joao is one of the famous Christian feasts
in the state of Goa and is dedicated to St. John the Baptist which is
celebrated on 24th June every year. This occasion marks the celebration by the
local youth in the villages of Goa who jumps into wells to retrieve gifts
thrown in by villagers. The festivals takes place at the beginning of Monsoon
season in Goa and people of all ages jumping into wells, streams and ponds. Sao
Joao festival also has a close connection to water and keeping the wells clean.
The special cover features a family from Siolim donning the floral headgear of
Sao Joao. ‘Copels’ worn during Sao Jao festival is a unique feature of Sao Jao
festival in Goa, The cancellation reads the words "Viva Sao Joao".
On 19th December 2014 a Special Cover on Goan
Tiatr (Also known as Konkani Theatre) was released. The cover was released by
Shri Charles Lobo, Postmaster General, Goa Postal Region in presence of Shri
Jacob Fernandes (Prince Jacob), a director, producer and actor of Konkani
Theatre and a President of the Tiatr Academy of Goa who was the Chief Guest and
Dr Andre Rafael Fernandes Associate Professor of Goa University who was the
Guest of honour and Ms. Archana Gopinath, Senior Superintendent of Post Office,
Goa Division. (Special Cover approval no. MH/36/2014)
The first Konkani Tiatr was staged in Mumbai
in 1892 at the New Alfred Theatre. A young man called Lucazinho Ribeiro hailing
from Sokolwaddo, Assagao in Bardez Taluka can be called the innovator of the
Tiatr because he along with Joao Agostinho Fernandes and others staged the
first Tiatr performance on the occasion of Easter on 17th April, 1892. The name
of the first Tiatr presented was "Italian Bhurgo". This Tiatr was
written and directed by Lucazinho Ribeiro hence he is the inventor of this unique
dramatic form. Tiatr today revolves around social, religious and political
themes. It is considered to be a mirror of Goan culture. The drama consists of
6 or 7 acts called pordhe. The acts are interspersed by songs which need not be
directly linked to the content or the issues of the main drama. There are 2 or
3 songs between each of the acts.
On 20th December 2014 a Special Cover on
Dekhni Dance of Goa was released in presence of Dr. Savia Viegas, Writer and
Researcher from Goa and Shri P. K. Bisoi, Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra
and Goa Postal Circle, Shri Charles Lobo, Postmaster General, Goa Postal Region
and and Ms. Archana Gopinath, Senior Superintendent of Post Office, Goa
Division. Special Cover depicts the Dekhni dancers and the cancellation depicts
two lamps generally carried by the Kolvantha (dancers), the oar of the boatman
and the gunghru used by the dancers. Special Cover approval no. MH/37/2014)
Dekhni is a semi classical Goan dance form. It
is also pronounced as Dekni or Dekni. Dekhni represents an attractive mixture
of Indian melody and Western rhythm. It is mainly performed by Christian girls
adorned in Indian attires. It is a song cum dance popular in Goa. Dekhni dance
usually enacts the life of a Devdasi girl meaning servant of God whose job is
to perform dance in temples and social ceremonies like weddings. One of the
popular Dekhni songs is Hanv Saiba Poltodi Vetam by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira
(1860-1926) first published in Paris in 1895 and then in Goa in 1926. The song
was adapted by Raj Kapoor as Na mangoon sona chandi in his Hindi movie Bobby.
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Shri P. K. Bisoi, Chief PMG Maharashtra
Circle releasing special cover in presence of Dr. Savia Viegas. Charles Lobo
PMG Goa Region and Ms Archana Gopinath SSP Goa also seen in picture
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