

Francis Xavier are kept on the table in the dining room. Rare porcelain from Macao brought by the English and Dutch East India Companies beautifies the walls, and two thick porcelain vases that belonged to St. Luis Menezes Braganza along with another reputed Goan writer, Professor Messias Gomes, established the first Portuguese language daily in Goa. He used the power of his pen to spark off the anti-colonialist movement in Goa and was referred by people as “the Tilak of Goa”. It is a museum of chandeliers, paintings, porcelain, crystal and other antique items. This mansion is the most exquisite heritage house in Goa and also has a Portuguese style facade. The Menezes Braganza house is located at the Chandor village in Goa.It is known to be more than 350 years old and is situated near the church square in Chandor.

On the top of the fountain there was a plate which Fonte De Phoenix (Fountain of Phoenix) is a water reservoir which was constructed in the Portuguese era. The Portuguese called it as Novo Goa or New Goa as they had moved out of Old Goa.The city of Panaji was built around Fonte de Phoenix. When the Kadambas ruled Goa, what we now know as Panaji was called as Pancham Khali. The Fontainhas became more civilized when the Portuguese moved out from Old Goa to Panjim in the 1840’s due to sanitary problems that led to repeated outbreaks of plague in Old Goa.Since this was a plain area, it became the first choice of habitation for the Portuguese. Since this place was an open space it was called as ‘Mollo’, finally leading to be identified as ‘Mala’.The ‘Mossmikar’ later converted this land into coconut plantation hence called as Palmar Grande. In the late 1700s, this locality belonged to a Goan expat who was also known as ‘Mossmikar’, as he hailed from the Portuguese colony of Mozambique in East Africa. The Fontainhas is the oldest Latin Quarter located in Panaji. Pic Credit - Shivang Mishra I NT GOGOANOW.COMĮxperience the vibrancy of Portuguese architecture in this quarter of Panaji. Cardozo also remembered the artistes of yesteryears and also urged the younger artistes to be clear and audible while performing.įollowing is the list of award winners in the respective categories: Cardozo lauded the efforts of the Tiatr Academy for organising such award function as such awards act as a motivation for the artistes to perform even more better. Peter Cardozo, who was the Chief Guest for the occasion. The awards were presented to the winners by Fr. The TAG has taken up this initiative to honor these artistes as, a lot of Konkani Audio (CD)/Video Albums are produced every year in Goa by Konkani music enthusiasts by investing substantial amount of money and in order to encourage them to produce qualitative albums, every year Tiatr Academy of Goa presents the Konkani Song and Music Awards.
Tiatr Academy of Goa (TAG) awarded the ‘Konkani Song and Music awards 2017’ to the winners of the respective categories on March 21 at Institute Menezes Braganza, Panaji.

Following is the list of award winners in the respective categories: Pic Credit - Shivang Mishra I NT GOGOANOW.COM Category Award winners Album Male Singer John Pereira Jezuk Kalzan Dovor Female Singer Cielda Pereira Devachea Hatatlem Duet of… Music News Cardozo also remembered the artistes of yesteryears and also urged the younger artistes to be clear and audible while performing. The TAG has taken up this initiative to honor these artistes as, a lot of Konkani Audio (CD)/Video Albums are produced every year in Goa by Konkani music enthusiasts by investing substantial amount of money and in order to encourage them to produce qualitative albums, every year Tiatr Academy of Goa presents the Konkani Song and Music Awards.