News and Pics: Ancy Paladka
Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai (RD/SP)
Mumbai, April 12: ‘Fulak Sairik Zalya’, a Konkani play, written and directed by Joker Cascia, was staged at St Joseph’s Church ground, Mira Road, here on Sunday April 11. The play was staged by Kutam drama troupe, promoted by Henry D’Paula and organized by St Joseph’s Konkani Welfare Association, Mira Road.
“This play takes a giant step towards developing our mother tongue Konkani and its distinct culture, by creating strong imprints on our hearts and minds. When a child is born, its mother breastfeeds her baby and communicates with it in their mother tongue. They are the first words the baby hears, and the first words a person utters are also in his/her mother tongue. Also, when we are in distress, we express our feelings in this language itself. Even when we are at the death bed, our expressions come out in our mother tongue. Thus, we should never forget to speak in our language. Along with the language, we inherit our culture and our identity. We need to teach Konkani to our children and Konkani should be spoken at homes. We need to use our culture and our language in our programmes without fail,” stressed Fr Dominic Vas, parish priest of Mira Road, in his presidential address.
Robert Noronha, proprietor of Noronha Real Estate, was the chief guest.
Local corporator, Vasudev Kunj, was honoured on this occasion.
Mira Road parish council president, John Crasta, secretary, Canute Menezes, and treasurer, Laurence Mathias, were present at the dais.
The Welcome Dance was rendered by Viola Mathias. Joint treasurer, Arun Noronha, compered the programme.
Tributes were paid to the late Konkani musical maestro, Wilfy Rebimbus, and the late Joachim Pereira, by Ivan Sequeira, a close associate of Wilfy Rebimbus.
Robert Noronha Kallianpur, Julie Vaz Marol, Florin Mathias Kanajar, Hilda D’Souza Pangala, Edwin Banz Sastan, Agnel Mascarenhas Shirva and Vijay Praveen Lobo were the stage artistes of the Kutam drama troupe, who donned various roles in ‘Fulak Sairik Jalya’, which was viewed and enjoyed by a packed audience.
Lancy D’Almeida Mira Road provided playback music.