ZOMNIVOILO FELL.
During the Carnival period, the Tiatro Academy of Goa in collaboration with Kala Academy, Goa, annually organizes the "Zomnivoile Khell" contest to promote the traditional Khell (Fell). The timing selected during the Carnival time is to get easy availability of the groups of these Fells since they organize their Fells during the Carnival mainly in Salcette.
Ceaser d'Mello of TAG briefing the audience
This year in total 6 groups participated in this contest which lasted for 3 days from which 3 groups were selected for the prizes from 1stto the third and these prizes were declared immediately after the last Fell “KEDNANCH CHUKHNA of JoseIvonStancio production, two days back..
A section of the audience
Watching this show of about an hour in the Open air venue of Kala Academy Panjim where after attending these shows some people even fell sick due to the foul weather condition, some of the members of the audience were suffering from the cold and sneezing because there was noting over their heads. The organisers in future must do something to cover the area over the heads of the audience. The Tiatro Academy is getting a good amount of grant in the form of money to the tune of crores of rupees that many of the tax payers are not aware. In view of this it will be better for the TAG to openly declare how much they get and how they spend it, it is spent correctly or recklessly? Why not spend something from this grant and erect shades temporarily by the TAG over the heads of the participants and audience? If this is done then it will be better for all the people concerned. The performance of Jose who played the character role of a “Lolo” type of a person was very appropriate so too the role of his young school going son Stancio and of course that of his wife Ivon was excellent. In fact Ivon has blossomed into a fine comedian and her singing was also very good. The others who played their roles well were Flexky, Snella, Comedian Oswin and Inacio as his father.
Ivon who played the best role in the play
The songs introduced in this Khell were very good and they looked and sounded like the songs introduced in the traditional Fells. The thrill in this Fells come from the musical score provided by the musicians and the way of Salcette Konkani used by the artistes and performers.
Seen above are all the three family members namely the son - the mother & the father
A.Veronica Fernandes.