TIATRO "OPEN JAIL" BY ANIL PEDNECAR.

 

It was an excellent Tiatro with excellent message full of patriotism towards Goa. In this Tiatro the script writer and director Anil Pednecar played an excellent role of an elderly father in which capacity he gives an excellent message to those Goans who with the help of Portuguese Passports surrender their Goanness to settle down in London while in Goa outsiders come, engage in  business and settle down in Goa permanently as citizens of Goa.  The Tiatro reaches its climax in the last scene where Anil himself in his beautiful oratory on the theme elevates the Tiatro to its crescendo. Never in the past I heard in any Tiatro such an excellent message delivered with perfect clarity and precision as it was done by Anil Pednecar in his Tiatro "Open Jail" at Kala Academy, Panjim, yesterday at 7.00.

 

Seen above Rosario de Benaulim singing his solo

 

 

Seen above Olga singing her duet with her partner.

The title of the Triatro “Open Jail” is used in figurative sense where one full family of 4 members with Portuguese Passports by surrendering their family house and property goes to London where they like others live in an unGoan style befitting the vulgar western style.  Thru this way of life they become prisoners of this system converting themselves into as prisoners of that uncultured way of life full of immorality and vulgarity. They live there as prisoners of that system not in a closed door Jail but in an “Open Jail” where they act freely without any hindrance.

 

Seen in the picture above vulgar party life in UK 

 

The maximum credit goes to the young small girl who played the role of a grand daughter of Anil.  To  play such an excellent role at that so young age with so much of confidence without any stage fright means something unimaginable.  The director carries major credit to groom this young girl to such a perfection. Pretty looking Olga does her role very well and in comedy both the seasoned comedians Bachan and Brian excelled very well.

 

                                          Seen above Fermino & his partner sing their duet.

In the side show  songs, Rosario de Benaulim rendered a nice solo “Dollo”  while the duet “Soro” rendered by Fermino with his partner and also another duet “AID” by Olga with her partner were worth admiring as both these duets were meaningful and rendered also well.

As a whole this Tiatro was very well performed.

 

 

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim,

Goa.

 

HOUSE OF ABE FARIA IN CANDOLIM.

 

A few years back to mark his 250^th birthday, Portugal released a special Postal Stamp of Abade Faria (as seen below),  the great and world renowned Goan hypnotist from Candolim, Pintos Vaddo, Bardez, Goa.  In his honour as per my information France has erected a Statue of him there. The Portuguese government in Goa also erected his Statue in Panjim and the same government named  the Primary School in Candolim next to his ancestral house after him as “Escola Primaria de Abade Faria” where I did my Portuguese schooling.  This school is still existing and functioning.

Postal Stamp of Abe Faria

 

His ancestral house was a big mansion with big concrete pillars and very thick walls of big Stones which were not cement plastered.  It looked this house was built by the Paulists.  Surrounding this house there were different types of fruit bearing trees which we as students used to pluck and eat since 50 years back it was left unattended by any human being.  Only Bats and Snakes were frequenting the area. Though we as small boys ignorant of the grandeur of the great man born in that house yet by observing minutely the magesticity of this house we could still realize that this house belonged to some great person and as we later on realized that this great person was none other than the great Abe Faria the pride of Candolim and Goa.

Renovated house of Abe Faria

 

In sixties this ancestral house was taken over by the government (Provedoria) and converted it into an Orphanage for girls.  But currently, there are no girls there but instead it houses young poor and orphan boys.  This house where the world renowned Goan was born is renovated and given a new looks as seen in the picture above.  At the entrance fixed to the wall are two Plaques as shown in the photos below.  Inside in the Parlour you will find a Bust of Faria placed on the big table as also shown here in the photo below.

Plaque 1.

 

Plaque 2.

 

Calangute Panchayat carry an unique distinction of erecting the Statue of great Goan Dr. Jack Sequeira who though was not an  internationally known personality like Abade Faria yet Dr. Sequeira was duly honoured by the Calangute Panchayat for his support for the Goan cause by erecting his full size Statue.  Likewise can’t the Candolim Panchayat erect the full size Statue of Abade Faria at a strategic location in Candolim to honour this great son of the Candolim soil? 

 

                                                       Bust of Abe Faria.

Surely Candolim Panchayat can do and it must do it now without any delay.  Money should not be a hindrance. First of all it is an honour for Candolim to give birth to such a mighty globally recognized personality.  Hence, it is imperative to honour this man by erecting his Statue in Candolim.

 
A.    Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.          

 

CANDOLIM PE. VIGAR IS A LIAR.

In Candolim there is one Vaddo called Araddy where there is a small Chapel.  This is an ancestral Chapel for the Catholics from this Vaddo.  Today, the Church Pe. Vigar while preaching his Sunday sermon in the Church, told the congregation that “ there are troubles going on there among the faithful who are fighting and not allowing the  prayer to take place by closing the door of the Chapel”.

As a resident of this Vaddo, I reject the above statement of the Pe. Vigar because there is nothing truth in it.  What Pe. Vigar said is nothing but a pure lie because Pe. Vigar is a BIG LIAR.  If not, he should justify his statement with concrete evidence otherwise he must apologise to the faithful of Araddy for unnecessarily spoiling their name.

If Pe. Vigar is a real son of his real father he will justify his statement otherwise he will prove who he is.  

 

A.    Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim.
Tel: 7507394349.