Accredited with ICH 2003 convention of UNESCO, with Special Advisory Status with UN ECOSOC, partner to UNWTO and National partner to UNESCO, the NGO set up shop in Benaulim last April. Since then, their three member team travels to remote villages to find skills, folk culture, music and unique occupations and are studying means to sustain and pass on this information to the next generation.

“At Guddi-Canancona, we plan to create a guru or a teacher of this music who will inspire others to learn while we will bring tourists and organize a village programme. We want to create a platform to involve the Gaonkars in a way to disallow this culture to die out,” explains Kankan Jyoti, a Banglanatak researcher working with these women.

From fugdi dancers in Guddi and Cotigao, to bamboo weavers in Pernem and unique craftsmen in Ambelim, this NGO is searching to keep this unique culture alive.

“Our offices are flexible. Sometime we rest in the week and work on the weekends unearthing such talent. Hope we manage to do something for these women,” explains Ankita working at Banglanatak.com’s Goa office. Ankita has come all the way from Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh to unearth such hidden cultures, artisan and traditions.