The Mando festival lives to sing again as scheduled

Mando festival

Great news today for those Mando aficionados! The Mando festival that has been in existence for approximately 50 years is on as scheduled. Yesterday’s news brought that the festival might be postponed to the Christmas week (or possibly canceled entirely). The organizers of the Mando festival were given instructions that their slotted dates would be changed. This […]

Government to ax the Annual Mando festival this December?

Mando

Goa is a land of many traditions. Music, dance, and food form a large part of our culture. Mando or Manddo (Konkani mānḍô) is a musical form that evolved during the 19th and 20th century among Goan Catholics. It’s a centuries-old art form and a much-loved tradition in our state. However, it looks like these traditions could soon be […]

Love for the dying tradition- Fado

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Fado is a music genre traced back to the 1820s. They are folk songs sung by fadistas (fado singers) and was brought to Goa by the Portuguese. Dying tradition Due to advent of modernity and modern day music (EDM, Pop, rock etc.), we are losing our traditions. We are so engrossed in the present trends […]