Patoieanche Fest -Salvador do mundo - "World Goa Day Celebrations"

Patoieanche Fest - World Goa Day Celebrations

The World Goa Day celebration in Goa. This time it was the Patoieanche Fest which was held today i.e. 22nd August, 2010 at Salvador Do Mundo, Paitona in the court yard of the Majestic Chapel of Mae de Deus ( Chapel of Our lady of Mother of God), Paitona, which was built in 20-10-1767.

It was an amazing and as promised the Eco friendly Patoianchem Fest was joined by the young and old. The main features of the festival were that it had NO CHIEF GUEST, NO SPONSORS, NO ALCOHOL,NO PRIZES, NO PLASTIC, NO COMPETITIONS, but as in the good old days, there will be a lot of fun and Community spirit on display, plus what GOANS are good at, MUSIC, FOOD, SINGING, DANCING ,ETC.

Ashley and his Amigos the music band entertained the crowd with their music. The main features however for me was the games of Katodieo (blind fold coconut breaking contest), ‘Koindabal’ (hitting one stick with another), ‘Godde’ (marbles) and ‘Gontamni’ (hopscotch). Apart from these there was entertainment in the form of Konkani songs, cultural dances, performed by the people.
All the people who had come to the event were served kanji(pez) in coconut sheels (cotti) with pickle. They were later served great food which consisted of Pulao, Chicken xachuti, Salad and pickle.
It was a total community effort right up from setting up the show, organizing the various cultural programs, the games, the decorations, the amazing home cooked food and the most most admired part for me was that after all left they cleared up the whole area where the function was held and swept it clean.
Congratulation to Mario and his village people, Great Job

check the video of children singing and dancing