Goa fest receives over whelming response
The Eighth Goa
festival organised by “Aami Goyenkar”, a cultural organisation, at Dr. Antonio
da Silva Technical High School at Dadar in Central Mumbai received an
overwhelming response with visitors thronging various stalls to enjoy goan food
and purchase Goan handicrafts on Saturday, 10 February 2018.
The festival was
inaugurated by noted social worker Meghna Wagle. “Aami Goyenkar” President
Sanjay Hegade, Sagar Savardekar, Alka kerkar ,Geeta Kapadia and others were
present. The festival began with lighting of traditional lamp and recitation of
“Ishastavan” (prayer to Lord Ganesh) and
“Atharvashirsha” (Ganapati Upanishad) by children of Samajaik Seva
Sangh.
On the occasion,
Hegade said that the festival has been organised to promote Goan culture,
generate employment and to help artists/artisans to enter into a national
market. He expressed satisfaction that the festival has been receiving
unprecedented response. In the program, Alka kerkar interacted with Wagle and
Kapdia. Later Pinky Khabia guided visitors about scientific cleaning of fruits
and vegetables.
An elocution
contest in Konkani and other events like “Gajali” (chatting), “Udags” (memory) related to Konkani literature, were
also organised. Bharati Danait gave guidance about acupressure to the visitors.
There are nearly
50 stalls, offering mouth watering goan delicacies, including fish cuisines and
culinary flavours, handicrafts, household articles, artistic work etc, which
will be open from 10 AM till 10 PM till Sunday. The entry to the festival is
free.
The contests
like healthy child contest, cookery contest, talent hunt, debates, musical and
entertainment programs are also being organised as part of the festival.
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