Goa Pex-2014, District Level Philatelic Exhibition held at Panaji from 18th – 21st December 2014. Goa Pex 2014, District Level Philatelic exhibition was held at the Maquinez Palace, ESG Complex, Campal, Panaji from 18th to 21st December 2014. The exhibition was inaugurated by Shri Surendra Furtado, Mayor of Panaji in presence of Shri Pundalik Naik, President of Goa Konkani Academy who was the guest of honour of the function and Shri Charles Lobo, Postmaster General, Goa Postal Region and Ms. Archana Gopinath, Senior Superintendent of Post Office, Goa Division. On the inaugural day a Special Cover on the feast of Sao Joao was released jointly by the guests on dais. (Special Cover approval no. MH/38/2014) Sao Joao is one of the famous Christian feasts in the state of Goa and is dedicated to St. John the Baptist which is celebrated on 24th June every year. This occasion marks the celebration by the local youth in the villages of Goa who jumps into wells to retrieve gifts thrown in by villagers. The festivals takes place at the beginning of Monsoon season in Goa and people of all ages jumping into wells, streams and ponds. Sao Joao festival also has a close connection to water and keeping the wells clean. The special cover features a family from Siolim donning the floral headgear of Sao Joao. ‘Copels’ worn during Sao Jao festival is a unique feature of Sao Jao festival in Goa, The cancellation reads the words Viva Sao Joao. On 19th December 2014 a Special Cover on Goan Tiatr (Also known as Konkani Theatre) was released. The cover was released by Shri Charles Lobo, Postmaster General, Goa Postal Region in presence of Shri Jacob Fernandes (Prince Jacob), a director, producer and actor of Konkani Theatre and a President of the Tiatr Academy of Goa who was the Chief Guest and Dr Andre Rafael Fernandes Associate Professor of Goa University who was the Guest of honour and Ms. Archana Gopinath, Senior Superintendent of Post Office, Goa Division. (Special Cover approval no. MH/36/2014) The first Konkani Tiatr was staged in Mumbai in 1892 at the New Alfred Theatre. A young man called Lucazinho Ribeiro hailing from Sokolwaddo, Assagao in Bardez Taluka can be called the innovator of the Tiatr because he along with Joao Agostinho Fernandes and others staged the first Tiatr performance on the occasion of Easter on 17th April, 1892. The name of the first Tiatr presented was Italian Bhurgo. This Tiatr was written and directed by Lucazinho Ribeiro hence he is the inventor of this unique dramatic form. Tiatr today revolves around social, religious and political themes. It is considered to be a mirror of Goan culture. The drama consists of 6 or 7 acts called pordhe. The acts are interspersed by songs which need not be directly linked to the content or the issues of the main drama. There are 2 or 3 songs between each of the acts. On 20th December 2014 a Special Cover on Dekhni Dance of Goa was released in presence of Dr. Savia Viegas, Writer and Researcher from Goa and Shri P. K. Bisoi, Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra and Goa Postal Circle, Shri Charles Lobo, Postmaster General, Goa Postal Region and Ms. Archana Gopinath, Senior Superintendent of Post Office, Goa Division. Special Cover depicts the Dekhni dancers and the cancellation depicts two lamps generally carried by the Kolvantha (dancers), the oar of the boatman and the gunghru used by the dancers. Special Cover approval no. MH/37/2014) Dekhni is a semi classical Goan dance form. It is also pronounced as Dekni or Dekni. Dekhni represents an attractive mixture of Indian melody and Western rhythm. It is mainly performed by Christian girls adorned in Indian attires. It is a song cum dance popular in Goa. Dekhni dance usually enacts the life of a Devdasi girl meaning servant of God whose job is to perform dance in temples and social ceremonies like weddings. One of the popular Dekhni songs is Hanv Saiba Poltodi Vetam by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira (1860-1926) first published in Paris in 1895 and then in Goa in 1926. The song was adapted by Raj Kapoor as Na mangoon sona chandi in his Hindi movie Bobby. On 21st December 2014 quiz and elocution competitions for children was held. At the valedictory ceremony a Special Cover on Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St Francis Xavier was released jointly by Shri P. K. Bisoi, Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle, Fashion Designer Padmashree Wendell Rodricks, the Chief Guest, Shri Charles Lobo, Postmaster General, Goa Postal Region, Ms. Archana Gopinath, Senior Superintendent of Post Office, Goa Division, Shri V. R. Navelkar, Philatelist and Shri Umesh Kakkeri, Jury member on 21st December 2014. Eminent Philatelist Shri V. R. Navelkar from Goa who has completed 50 golden years in philately was honoured during the closing ceremony function. Shri Umesh Kakkeri and Shri Jayant Ghuman were the members of Jury who evaluated the exhibits. Shri Umesh Kakkeri read the jury report. St.Francis Xavier, born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta, on 7th April 1506 was the sixth and last child born to Dr. Joao de Xavier and Maria d’Aspilcueta at Xavier castle, Navarra (now part of Spain). He was a Roman Catholic missionary who preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of Asia and was the co-founder of the Society of Jesus. His feast is celebrated on 3rd December. The body of St Francis Xavier which miraculously defied the laws of nature, of turning into dust, lies till this day in a silver casket in the Church of Bom Jesus Basilica in Goa, India. Ceremonies to honor his death are performed on December 3rd, all over the World, the day he was buried. The exposition of the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier which is held every 10 years is being held this year from 22nd November 2014 till 4th of January 2015, which will be the 17th public Exposition of the Sacred Relics of the Saint.
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