NÚCLEO DE ANIMAÇÃO CULTURAL DE GOA DAMÃO E DIU

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Tuna Goesa at Largo de Senado -Video

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Mass in honour of the Indian Saint - Saint Ana Alfonsa de Immaculada Conceição

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'Convivio, Goa Damão e Diu, Amigos e Simpatizantes' - Videos

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'Convivio, Goa Damão e Diu, Amigos e Simpatizantes' - Photos

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Festival da Lusofonia Media News

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Tuna Goesa at Lusofonia 2008 - Largo de Nossa Senhora do Carmo-Videos

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Grupo de Danças e Cantares de Goa Damão e Diu with Trio Orlando at Lusofoina 2008 -Videos

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Grupo de Danças e Cantares de Goa Damão e Diu with Trio Orlando at Lusofoina 2008 -Photos

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Tuna Goesa at Lusofonia 2008 - Largo de Nossa Senhora do Carmo-Photos

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Tuna Goesa at Largo de Senado -Photos

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Goa Damão e Diu declared winner of Lusofonia 2008

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A dinner was offered to all participating countries and dignitaries by the organizers of the Festival da Lusofonia on 12th November 2008, at the Macau Tower. Amongst countries like Macau, Angola, Timor Leste, Moçambique, Portugal, Cabo Verde, Brazil, São Tomé e Princípe and Guiné Bissau, Goa Damão e Diu pavilion was once again declared the winner as the best performing country for the production of its replica, 'Farol de Forte Aguada', under the theme 'Memoria de Uma Cultura' - its interior display with different attires, spices, arts and crafts - cultural programme at the pavillion and the sumptuous Goa Damão e Diu delicacies.

Pavilion of all participating countries at the Lusofonia 2008

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A glimpse of the pavilion of all participating countries of the Portuguese speaking world at the Lusofonia 2008

↑Goa Damão e Diu

↑Brazil

↑Angola

↑Moçambique

↑Guiné Bissau

↑São Tomé e Princípe

↑Timor Leste

↑Macau

↑Cabo Verde

↑Portugal

Grupo de Danças e Cantares de Goa Damão e Diu with Tuna Goesa livens the air at the Festival de Lusofonia 2008 -Photos

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Grupo de Dances e Cantares de Goa Damão e Diu performed on the Lusfonia 2008, Carmo stage with songs like Goa, Goa, Goa...., Marcha de Fontainhas and Rapsódia de Damão, accompanied with muscians all the way from Goa, 'Trio Orlando', with their professional and talented music.

The group also went to each participating country pavilion serenading Goa Damão e Diu songs and dancing where all joined, which was widely acclaimed by participating countries and visitors.

Grupo de Danças e Cantares de Goa Damão e Diu with Tuna Goesa livens the air at the Festival de Lusofonia 2008 -Videos

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Dancing singing eating and drinking galore at the Goa Damão e Diu pavilion -Photos

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Grupo de Dances e Cantares de Goa Damão e Diu accompanied by muscians all the way from Goa, 'Trio Orlando', with their professional and talented music, joined by Sónia Shirsat sang, while Grupo Alegria danced the Dekhni at the Goa Damão e Diu pavilion. The VIP and visitors danced with us too.

Dancing singing eating and drinking galore at the Goa Damão e Diu pavilion -Videos

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Festival de Lusofonia 2008 Replica-Farol de Forte Aguada

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Replica of Farol de Aguada Fort and the interior of the Goa Damão e Diu pavilion at the Festival da Lusofonia 2008 in Macau.
Núcleo de Animação Cultural de Goa Damão e Diu (NACGDD)” once again won the first prize among 9 other countries, like Macau, Angola, Timor Leste, Moçambique, Portugal, Cabo Verde, Brazil, São Tomé e Princípe and Guiné Bissau.

Replica for "Festival da Lusofonia 2008"

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Portuguese heritage, the Fort Aguada Light house stands manificiently till today guiding the seafares and the destiny of Goa, as it will stand at the "Festival da Lusofonia 2008" in Macau, guiding the visitors to the Goa Damão and Diu pavilion.

Sonia Sirsat

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She balances two totally unrelated careers with ease - on one hand Sonia Sirsat is an LLM (post graduate law) student hoping to get into teaching law. On the other hand she plays a more glamorous role as a professional Portuguese Fado singer. ‘Fado’ she explains to me, is a form of Portuguese music more on the classical side (somewhat in the nature of the relationship Ghazals have to Hindi music)
Singing since the age of eight she has won practically every singing competition in Goa. The list is endless and I will name only a few by way of examples. In 2000, she won the French All-Goa singing competition. The same year she was runner-up in the Saregama bands special. In 2001, she won the same at the national level; the prize for which was a free, month-long trip to France. In 2002, she was winner of the Portuguese singing competition.
‘They don’t let me compete anymore’ she laughs. ‘I can only attend competitions now as a judge.’
Her prize winning however isn’t restricted just to singing. Sponsored by the JAYCEES she entered the International Personal Development contest, winning the title first at the national level at Indore and later at the Asia-Pacific level in Thailand, which took her all the way to Hawaii for the finals.
Professionally she sings today for three bands: Status Four, Bhangrallem Goem, and a Portuguese Fado music group. She has also sung for four albums; Jezuk Vakanta, Fulam Fulam, a Christmas Carol Album, and a non stop disco album.aaa. She has sung in eleven languages to date.
And what is most surprising is that she has never had any formal training in singing!

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Dekni

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Goa Sorpotel

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Sorpotel(diced and fried pork cooked in red masala gravy)

Background:(considered to be a Goan classic)Sarapatel is believed to have originated from the Portuguese Sarrabulho (which is some kind of pork stew with curdled pig blood !) and Cabidel (pork giblets).
It is often consumed during (catholic) religious festivals or important household functions.

Ingredients:
1 kg boneless pork1 pork liver, 1 heart, 1 tongue, 2 kidneys
3 cups water
12 dried red chillies/peppers
12 peppercorns
12 cloves garlic
1 inch piece ginger
1 tsp cumin seeds
8 cloves
2 one-inch pieces cinnamon
¼ cup vinegar
½ cup oil
1 peg coconut feni
Salt to taste
6 green chillies/peppers, chopped
4 medium onions, chopped fine

Method:Wash and pat dry the meats. Put in a deep pan with the water on medium heat. Cover with a lid and parboil the meats, (approx. 20 minutes). Remove from the fire, cool and dice the meats fine. Keep aside the water.

Put all the spices except the green chillies/peppers and onion, into the blender/grinder with the vinegar and grind to a fine paste. Heat the oil in a deep pan on medium heat and lightly fry all the diced meat, stir frying continuously till it is lightly browned. To the fried meat add the ground spices in vinegar and stir fry for 5 minutes. Add salt to taste, coconut feni, any remaining vinegar, the stock of the boiled meat , chopped onions and green chillies. Lower the heat and let the sorpotel simmer fro 45 minutes or more. Take care to stir it occasionally. When the oil comes to the top and the sauce is thick, remove from the heat.

Remember the sorpotel tastes better on the 3rd or 4th day, after it has been warmed up once a day till the day it is served. It is customary to serve sorpotel with sannas for special occasions

Meeting the Chief Executive of Macau, Dr. Emundo Ho Hau Wah at his office

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