PANJIM: Quepem MLA Chandrakant Kavlekar recently released a Konkani book ‘Goycho Mull Avaz’ written by Adv Joao Fernandes.
Kavlekar released the book in the presence of Goa Konkani Academy President Pundalik Naik, Goa University professor Alito Siqueira, Quepem Municipal Council Vice Chairperson Camilo Simoes, artist Josepha Fernandes, Konkani writer Vincy Quadors and others.
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The book is a compilation of different folk songs sung by the Christian Gawda community on different occasions, with introduction on different concept of Gawda community like Dhalo, Fugdi, Mand, Intruz, Intrumez and Yesre.
Kavlekar said it is one’s moral responsibility to work for the community in which one is born. “We should make every attempt to preserve our culture which has history and has been passed to us by our ancestors,” he said.
