TIATRO “NIVAR
AMKAM” By Francis de Tuem.
The newly released Tiatro “Nivar
Amkam” written and directed by the well-known singer Francis de Tuem was staged on 21st
of this month, at Sinquerim, Bardez, in the Church compound attended
by a good number of audience from the locality and also from the neighbouring
places. Though scheduled to start at 7.00pm finally it started at 8.15 pm. No doubt the publicity for this Tiatro was not
much done yet the response was good due to the tremendous efforts put in by all
the Sinquerim parishioners under the stewardship of their dynamic and youthful Parish
Priest who left no stone unturned to make this event a success.
In future for any of their such activities
this writer if approached will surely provide good publicity in this forum, of
course free of charge.
Sinquerim is a small village in
Bardez touching Candolim and coming
under the jurisdiction of Candolim Panchayat was made famous during the
Portuguese era by the Sinquerim Fort, famous Lighthouse, Millitary citadel and
the beautiful Church immortalized by the renowned tiatrist from the neighbouring
village Dando Candolim, the late Young Menezes in his beautiful song “Sant
Laurence Bogta” the patron saint of Sinquerim Church, which goes thus:
SAM LORENCE BOGTA, SOMDIRAN EK
VHODD OJAP GHODDTA,
ARE DAKTULO GHANV TO SINQUERIMCHO
ANI PORBEK TACHE GANVA GANVCHO LOK LODDTA etc.
Sinquerim in the olden days was
well known for its Springs that generated medicinal water having curative
effects and by having bath from the
water of these Springs the great educationist Fr. Lyon a non-Goan Deacon cured his
deadly skin desease. And as a mark of gratitude for Sinquerim and Goa, he
establised the first English High School of Goa at Arpora, Bardez, Goa.
In 1974 Sinquerim acquired name and
fame because of the erection of the first Five Star Hotel of Goa by the Taj and
this fame attained crescendo when CHOGM
meet of Non-Alligned Summit was held at Taj Hotel Sinquerim.
Coming back to the Tiatro, In the past the great
tiatrist the late Alexinho de Candolim was
known to introduce new tiatrists on Konkani Stage. Similarly, in this Tiatro Francis de Tuem also
introduced some new faces who played excellent roles and displayed their
beautiful talent. One of them was Jimmy
who played the role of a Dotor, the others were Pradeep who played the role of
Moratee, Sanjiv who played the beautiful role of a gambler and the young girl
who played the role of elder daughter. Besides, Pascoal Rodriges, Comedian
Jesus, Chitra and Anita played their respective roles very well.
In the sideshow songs Pascoal
Rodrigues, Lawry Travasso, Marcus Vaz, Xavier
Gomes and Francis de Tuem rendered their solos well.
Local youth also showed their talent by performing Dhekni and other items.
Since it is a newly released
tiatro which is going to be staged all over Goa, I refrained from disclosing
the story part of it.
Musical score was beautifully
provided by Norman Cardoso and his team of musicians comprising Saxaphone,
Trumpet, Drums and Base Guitar.
The local MLA Michael Lobo along with others also attended the Tiatro and the local youth rendered a song eulogizing his simplicity and his developmental work in the constituency.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.
