15 Aug 2018  |   06:45am IST

Special children perform national anthem in sign language at Nehru stadium, Fatorda

Special children from Margao-based Gujarati Samaj School for Handicapped performed the Indian National Anthem in sign language at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, as part of a video that was shot by FC Goa’s supporters club known as Gaur Army. The video will be released today, on the occasion of Independence Day

 

 

As India completes 71 years

of Independence, ‘Gaur Army’,known as the the 12th Man of FC Goa, started the celebrations in the most beautiful way ever with a unique rendition of the Indian National Anthem on August 13, 2018, in the run up toIndependence Day.

In its continued efforts to reach out to every section of their football family, this time, the Gaur Army, FC Goa’s supporters club, made the 72nd Independence Day even more special not only for FC Goa but by large the entire community.

What made it stand out was the fact that special children who are students from Margao-based Gujarati Samaj School for Handicapped performed the Indian National Anthem in sign language at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda and those who have seen it have praised the heart-warming and great gesture.

The video of the same will be released on all social media platforms including YouTube, Facebook and Instagram pages of the Gaur Army.

Another reason why this rendition is a special one is because the background music was composed by a Goan musician, well-known santoor player Naresh Madgaokar, former Voice of Goa Sabino Dias, tabla artiste Vaishnav Shanbag and Sidharth Mehta. The video has beenedited by Arpit Verma.

Speaking on the occasion, Member of Gaur Army,Sidharth Mehta, while thanking the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) authorities for permission to shoot the video in the stadium, said, “Gaur Army is a family of FC GOA and has a vision that football’s overall fan culture and development will be only complete when our ‘divyangjan’ becomes an integral part of it and comse forward in the nation building.” Another member, John Lloyd Dias, further said, “Well no matter how many versions of our national anthem are made, this will always be the most heart-warming and emotional rendition, which will stay close to our hearts.”

Another key member of Gaur Army, Conrad Barreto, while speaking to the media said that this activity was a way of showing how football fans who may not be as loud in the stadium are certainly active in uniting the nation in one voice. Another die hard FC Goa fan from Vasco, Abhishek Sawant, said,”Such platforms like Gaur Army have given new wings to the football culture in Goa with chanting culture and away trips, appealing all Goans to join Gaur Army.”