Frederick Noronha
2018-05-27 08:42:26 UTC
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CASA DE GOA in Lisbon, Portugal hosted on May 19, 2018, the release of the
book "The Last Dance in Goa: Popular music in the last years of the State
of Portuguese India", written by Joaquim Correia <***@yahoo.com> and
published by Ideias com História, according to a missive from CdG's Edgar
Valles <***@gmail.com>
Based on the memories of people that lived through and enjoyed that period,
and after consulting journals and newspapers like Heraldo, A Vida, Diário
da Noite and many others, the writer recreates a nostalgic ambience to
depict how music -- all music -- was important for Goan people, just like
it is now.
What was the music the youth then listened and danced to at the parties,
clubs, cinemas, or even on the beaches? Did they meet in cafes or
restaurants, and if so, which? What do we know about their style of
dressing? Did they follow the fashions of the young elsewhere (rock and
roll, etc)?
This all makes up Part 1 of the book. The others two parts mention
musicians that were relevant outside Goa, especially in Bombay, Moçambique
and Portugal and, briefly, Remo Fernandes and the music of the sixties in
Goa.
So, the book doesn't conclude on December 19, 1961. It has been called "a
very interesting book that helps us to understand why Goans are
different..."
TO SHARE NEWS and notes related to the Goan diaspora, post it to Goanet
directly to ***@goanet.org or via me (***@gmail.com)
CASA DE GOA in Lisbon, Portugal hosted on May 19, 2018, the release of the
book "The Last Dance in Goa: Popular music in the last years of the State
of Portuguese India", written by Joaquim Correia <***@yahoo.com> and
published by Ideias com História, according to a missive from CdG's Edgar
Valles <***@gmail.com>
Based on the memories of people that lived through and enjoyed that period,
and after consulting journals and newspapers like Heraldo, A Vida, Diário
da Noite and many others, the writer recreates a nostalgic ambience to
depict how music -- all music -- was important for Goan people, just like
it is now.
What was the music the youth then listened and danced to at the parties,
clubs, cinemas, or even on the beaches? Did they meet in cafes or
restaurants, and if so, which? What do we know about their style of
dressing? Did they follow the fashions of the young elsewhere (rock and
roll, etc)?
This all makes up Part 1 of the book. The others two parts mention
musicians that were relevant outside Goa, especially in Bombay, Moçambique
and Portugal and, briefly, Remo Fernandes and the music of the sixties in
Goa.
So, the book doesn't conclude on December 19, 1961. It has been called "a
very interesting book that helps us to understand why Goans are
different..."
TO SHARE NEWS and notes related to the Goan diaspora, post it to Goanet
directly to ***@goanet.org or via me (***@gmail.com)