Chandor Crib wins at State level contest
The beautiful crib prepared by those living at Pallotti Jyoti Niwas at Ponsabhat in Guirdolim has won the first consolation prize at the all Goa crib competition organized by the Directorate of Art & Culture, Government of Goa making all of us proud. The 17 seminarians and three priests living at Jyoti Niwas worked for over two months to prepare the mesmirising tableau that attracted many people from different parts of Goa. The entire tableau consisted of leaves either stuck or stitched to create the manger, a house and other structures including plain walls. But the beauty lay in the fact that each of the leaf was painstakingly painted. They were dry leaves of wild trees around the house that were painted in different hues of green to give them a very...
Read MoreTraffic Island Beautified
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott completed the beautification of the traffic island in front of the Church on the eve of the Feast of Our Lady of Bethlehem which is celebrated on 6th January every year with much pomp and grandeur. As the tableau of the three wise men or three kings as they are known, is the highlight of this feast celebration, the traffic island was beautified with the theme of the three kings. Bust size pictures of the three kings are placed at an angle facing three sides of the roundabout. The entire traffic island is circled with three different circles made out of natural looking laterite stones. The gaps in between are covered with plants. While earlier Benny Fernandes was looking after this work of beautifying the traffic island, following his...
Read MoreChristmas Party for Senior Citizens
Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott held their annual Christmas party for senior citizens of the village on 21st December from 10 am onwards and ended with lunch. A record number of 147 senior citizens attended the party and had real fun. A very active and committed member of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott, late Benny Fernandes had volunteered to be the project manager for this programme and he wanted to ensure that the senior citizens have a good time. Following his death it was decided to go ahead with the party to fulfill his dream and that is exactly what happened on 21st December. Tony Coutinho with his young lads on the blowing instruments along with a guitar, organ and drum set provided the music which was very very entertaining. They also played some numbers that were Benny’s...
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As Goa celebrates its Liberation Day, the Village Panchayat of Guirdolim took a major step to liberate its inhabitants from the menace of plastic waste as the panchayat launched its door to door plastic waste collection drive. A cycle with a trolley to collect the plastic waste from households and a metal cage to store the collected plastic till the contractor appointed by Goa State Pollution Control Board collects it was commissioned on 19th December 2014 with the parish priest of Chandor Church Fr. Saude Pereira blessing both the things. Guirdolim Sarpanch Sonia Dias thanked Damu NIstani for giving the place to store the plastic and revealed that this was possible only because of the initiative taken by panchas member Balu Nistani. She also thanked former Zilla...
Read MoreBenedito Fernandes
Benedito Fernandes, more commonly known as Benny, founder member of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott and one of its most active member ever present for any and every activity died of a massive heart attack on 13th December 2014. The final rites were held on 15th December which was attended by a very large crowd. At the eulogies rendered during the funeral service, the two speakers were unanimous that Benny’s love for the village and its people could never be questioned. Joy D’Silva, general secretary of Chandor Club said the smile that captivated people, the wise words that he uttered and the smiling face has been obliterated forever. General Secretary of Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott Julio D’Silva listed out some of the significant works done by him in the village and added...
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