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lorna and goan music

Chris & Lorna - Love and Longing in Mumbai's Jazz Age by Naresh Fernandes - July 2003 When jazz swung into the subcontinent, Goans seized it as the song of their souls. "Jazz gave us freedom of expression," explains Frank Fernand, who played in the Teddy Weatherford band at the Taj. "You played jazz the way you feel morning you play differently, evening you play differently." New tunes came to India as sheet music, but that sometimes wasn't much help even to accomplished readers: jazz contained such unconventional instructions as glissando, mute and attack. "But when we heard the records, we knew how to play the notes," Frank says. For a Goan jazzman, the greatest accolade was to be told that he "played like a negro". No one seems to have received more praise on this account than Chic Chocolate, who occasionally led a two-trumpet barrage at the Green's Hotel with Chris Perry. Chic whose name Goans pronounced as if they were talkin

italian

Subject: Italian Ciao- hello good morning- buongio noro how are you- come strai good thank you- bene grazie what is your name- come ti chami my name is- mi chiamo your are welcome- prego thank you -grazie I All Portuguese nouns in this grammar exercise are masculine. 1. The word for THE in Portuguese is O [oo] Therefore, to say THE DOG you simple say, O CÃO 2. One word in Portuguese for the word "IS" is "ESTÁ" [eshta] Therefore, THE DOG IS QUIET is O CÃO ESTÁ TRANQUILO

goa goans

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wrote this piece for the March 2009 issue of Goa Today Magazine. The magazine is distributed around the world and many subscribers are Goan expatriates. The full-text story is below. - UR] More than a holiday in the sun? Ulrike Bemvinda Rodrigues wonders what’s behind a new NRI Affairs scheme for diaspora youth “Passports are easy,” says Mr. Faleiro, “Creating familiarity and building relationships is more difficult." Know Goa? No, I don’t. That’s why I left my home in Vancouver, Canada to take up my father cousin’s invitation to live in Bardez for six months. My father’s parents grew up in Olaulim and Nachinola, but – like many offspring of expatriated Goans – I’d never set foot in Goa and didn’t know the difference between Curtorim and caferal. I arrived in Porvorim in the winter of 2008, bought a bicycle and created a self-guided program to learn about Goa’s nature, culture and people. Coincidentally, the Department of Nonresident Indian Affairs had just launched one of their

sport cheaters

The dye has been cast. Yet another sporting personality has been floored - more through her own undoing – Sprint queen Marian Jones joins a list of celebrity sportspersons who have fallen from grace - taking the banned steroid Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) to upshot her performances on the track. On her day the ‘Fastest woman on Earth’, and arguably the best female athlete in the world, Marion Jones could outrun just about anyone on the track. After evading the dogged issue of performance enchasing drugs for years, the athlete has finally spilled the beans- that she took banned steroids during the 2000 Olympics. At the peak of her career, the US athlete outshone and powered over other athletes. She became the first woman to win five medals at one Olympics. Jones made history at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She landed three gold medals, winning the 100-metres, the 200-metres, and the 1600-metres relay. And she added two bronze medals to her tally in the long jump and the 40

goa tar balls

Reminiscent of the major oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, tar balls are washing up on beaches in Goa, India, making it a nasty time for tourists showing up for sun and fun in the popular summer holiday region. The tar balls are not coming from a broken offshore oil well like they were in the BP disaster, but from a passing oil tanker that dumped tons of waste oil off the coast. The popular winter sun destination of Goa faces a tourism disaster after an unidentified ship dumped tons of waste oil into the sea off western India. Tar balls have started washing up on the some of the area's most visited beaches forming solid six-inch layers of oil on the sand, just a month before peak tourist season begins. Scores of civic workers are using brooms to collect and clear the debris, but more tar is washing ashore all the time, said Swapnil Naik, Goa's top tourism official. Nearly 2.5 million tourists visit annually, including half a million foreigners, mostly from the UK, Israel and

pigs

Long a tradition, and ecologically very logical, the Goan 'pigger' is going the way of the dodo. A conventional looking outhouse, with a little opening in the back to allow pigs to avail themselves of a warm meal seems to be a victim of prissy tourism. Of course, it often was necessary to keep a stick handy to keep the eager ecologists at bay (as a Dutch friend once remarked, if you let them, they'll suck the xxxx right out of you'), but this was a small price to pay for a hygenic solution without the humiliating human intervention of 'sweepers' employed in the rest of village India. The resulting rage for semi-flushing toilets and septic tanks with their mosquito-friendly vent pipes has been an explosion (so to speak) of mosquitoes, some bearers of malaria. As an added note, the squeamish should still avoid the famous Goan pork sausage and other pork specialties as there are still a fair number of the 'old school' appliances around. couldn't find a

thesis about Khasis

Thesis delves into righteousness of Khasis : Khasis do not have the concept of incarnation, public places of worship, priests, images and idols of God yet they practice their belief in one God `U Blei’ and live a simple, peaceful and harmonious life in their communities. These were part of the findings of Fr Rui Domingos Pereira which have brought out some unknown facts about the community. The life of the Khasis is governed by three basic principles - Kamai ia ka Hok, Tip-briew tip-Blei and Tip kur, Tip Kha. [NT]

Portuguese article about goa

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rticle rank 26 Nov 2009 O Globo Blog: cora.blogspot.com . E-mail: cora@oglobo.com.br Vacas profanas e padres brâmanes Ojantar da Associação de Professores de Português foi um evento simpático. Reuniu cerca de 40 pessoas, entre professores, maridos e esposas, que se divertiram conversando em grupinhos, bebendo vinho português e comendo risoles. A associação aproveitou a ocasião para eleger o melhor professor (no caso, professora), e, no fim da noite, todos receberam CDs de bossa nova. No cardápio, além da discussão dos eternos problemas da classe, lombo de porco à moda e bacalhoada, com sorvete de coco de sobremesa. Tudo muito familiar e corriqueiro, exceto pelo fato de estarmos a cinco horas e meia de Portugal, ou sete horas e meia do Brasil. Cora Rónai Goa fica na costa leste da Índia, mas, como geografia nem sempre é destino, vive, culturalmente, num vago ponto latino. Há nomes portugueses espalhados por todo o estado, e, em alguns bairros da capital, Pangim, o português continua sen

Goa f1

Dubai: Formula 1 powerboat racing will once again touch down on Indian shores with the 2011 season taking off in the coastal tourist destination of Goa. "This is part of our strategy where we are looking at new and emerging markets to take this sport to the next level," Nicolo di San Germano, the Union Internationale Motonautique's (UIM) F1 promoter, told Gulf News. "We are in advanced talks with our Indian friends and the agreement should be signed before the end of this year," San Germano promised. San Germano has a lifetime agreement as F1 promoter for the world governing body of watersport, the UIM. India hosted a F1 race for the first time ever three years back when the Maharashtra Government played official host to one round of the F1 World Powerboat Championship off Mumbai. "That was a good experience for all of us and it is our endeavour to take this a step further by signing a deal with the same promoter, who now wants to host the race in Goa at th

Morjim village in Goa at risk - Culture at a Crossroads

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It’s Moscow! No, it’s Morjim! Thousands of Russians have made Morjim, in northern Goa, their home as they find the place more hospitable than their native land. Reena Martins on India’s little Russia It’s the eve of the Russian Christmas and Igor — a strapping, vest-clad Russian hotel owner — races around hairpin bends at a bone-rattling speed to reach his beachside shack in Morjim, along Goa’s northern coast. In the back of his open jeep sits a cake, atop a week’s supply of vegetables and beef. For Igor (he doesn’t use a surname), Goa is home. And he is among thousands of Russians who would rather bask in sunny Goa than live in freezing Russia. The number of Russians in Morjim has risen “from less than a thousand six years ago to 45,000 last year,” says Vikram Varma, the Goa-based counsel for the Russian consulate. About 200 Russians and their spouses are on business visas, while the rest are tourists. RUSSIA HOUSE: Dima Smirnov (below), owner of the shack Bora Bora, is among the man

portuguese nationality for goans

According to Portuguese law, Goans born before 1961 retained Portuguese citizenship after 1961 unless they officially renounced it. What that actually means is that those born in Goa before 1961 are still Portuguese citizens even today according to Portuguese law. However, since the birth records were left in Goa after the brutal invasion by the Indian army in December 1961, the Portuguese authorities are not aware of the existence of these Portuguese citizens in that part of the world. The fact remains that they are indeed Portuguese citizens according to Portuguese law and full Portuguese/European citizenship rights are available to them if they wish to avail of those rights. In order to avail of those rights, you need to register your birth in Portugal. So, this completely disregards what Indian law may say or claim about the subject. It completely disregards the pressures from UK and other European countries in closing the doors to these Goans. You need to understand the difference

French basis phrases

> French Phrases French Greetings : Hi! Salut! Good Morning! Bonjour! (also used in the afternoon) Good Evening! Bonsoir! (After 06:00pm) Welcome! (to greet someone) Bienvenue! How Are You? Comment vas-tu?/ Comment allez-vous? (polite) I'm Fine, Thanks! Je vais bien, merci! And You? Et toi?/ Et vous? (polite) Good/ So-So. Bien / Comme-ci, comme-ça. Thank You (Very Much)! Merci (beaucoup!) You're Welcome! (answering "thank you") Il n'y a pas de quoi Hey! Friend! Hé ! L'ami! I Missed You So Much! Tu m'as tellement manqué! What's New? Quoi de neuf? Nothing Much Pas grand chose. Good Night! Bonne nuit! See You Later! A plus tard! Good Bye! Au revoir! French Help & Directions: I'm Lost Je suis perdu Can I Help You? Puis-je vous aider? Can You Help Me? Peux-tu m'aider? Pouvez-vous m'aider? (polite) Where is the (bathroom/ pharmacy)? Où sont les toilettes? Où est la pharmacie? Go Straight! Then Turn Left/ Right! Allez tout droit! Pu