Konkani Sangeet Sammelan
preparations begin
Sandesh Prabhudesai
30 January 2002
Rather than mere sangeet sammelan held in
the state otherwise, khajekar and bhajekar will
bring a special Goenkar flavour to the first-ever All
India Konkani Sangeet Sammelan, scheduled on 9-10 February,
at the Ravindra Bhavan site in Margao.
The 15,000 sq. feet area, opposite Fatorda
stadium, will actually have a look of any typical Goan jatra
or fest. The only difference is that rather than
deities, disciples will flock to listen to their musical deities
- the Konkani musicians and singers, who have acclaimed
honour at national and international level.
The Konkani Bhasha Mandal’s sammelan will
be inaugurated at the hands of Padma Vibhushan Kishori Amonkar,
while several luminaries in the musical field of India and
Goa will perform at the sammelan. The Konkani Folk, of Goa
and Karnataka, will be another major attraction at the sammelan.
The preparation to erect series of pandals
has begun with Goa’s music maestro, Dr Malbarao Sardesai,
performing bhoomipujan on Tuesday at the site.
Rajendra Talak, the creative artist from
Margao, has designed the main pandal in a unique way, including
the main stage. Besides this, it will also have two or three
typical angan around it, where musicians and folk artists
would perform at the sammelan.
Besides several stalls for books and musical
cassettes and instruments, the sammelan will have a special
stall of Goa’s ethnic musical instruments.
The organisers have also invited Vivekanand
Kala Sadarikaran Manch of Sattari to put up a khopti of
traditional equipment, which became a special attraction at
the recently concluded seventh Goa Yuva Mahotsav.
Taking the bhoomipujan as an occasion,
Srinivas Dempo, Chairman of the Sammelan along with vice chairman
and minister Digambar Kamat and others paid special visit
to the site and reviewed all the arrangements.
Konkani Bhasha Mandal president, Damodar
Mauzo, sammelan vice president M S Prabhu, Chandrakant Keni,
Uday Bhembre, co-ordinator Sunil Prabhudesai, Ulhas Buyao,
organising secretary Dr Rajendra Hegde, Madhav Pandit, Pandurang
Naik, Prof. Shyam Verenkar, Saish Palondicar, Purnanand Chari,
Anil Pai and others were also present on the occasion.
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