Further to my article yesterday on Tiatrist the late Alexinho de Candolim and the full story of his Mistiri’s son Felix D’Souza, a few words of that golden song I reproduce here for the interest of those who may be interested in knowing it. I am sorry that I don’t know it fully but here and there what I remember one can realize the power of composing such songs. See the text and rhyming and the words and sentences, it was very rich in all respects. It is composed like a painter does the very artistic painting of any beautiful object with the surrounding things decorated beautifully. It is nicely potrayed the brief but beautiful It consisted of 4 verses and 4 chorus and listeners wereThe way the fine artist potrssys first the surounbdings of the objct he is painting in the same manner Alexinho de Candolim potrays in the first two verses the description of his Mistiri that is of Agostinhon D’Souza by showering on him the fabulous superlatves and then come to the real story of Felix D’Souza. I don’t see such rich songs on rich ideas are composed by anyone now-a-says. It is to be borne in mind that Alexinho de Candolim’s compositions based on the examples very close to his eyes. The “Kottecho Bikari” his one gresat song that made him so prominent was comppsed based on the living example happened in his neighbouhood. Like wise hia mny oother comppositions. His one Tiatro after the ouster of Portuguese regime in G oa “Amchea Xetachi Pavni” was based on those Bamonn Bhattkars’ dadagiri by being in the Communidade holding top pposts and thrsstening and inf;licting fear into the minds and hearts of the those poopr Xetkars and Zotkars who were plougging the fields of Communidades. These Xetkars and Zotkars were not given even a slight piece of mind, their motto was to harass and harass for the Xetkars. For this reason, Alexinho de Candolim in is Tiatro “Amchea Xetachi Pani” calls these feudal lords of Goa as “Adim ami tumkam mhontalet Bab pun atam tumkam ami mhontat Dukor”. One thing one must know well that during the Portuguese regime in Goa the greatest harassment for the lower strata of Goans namely the Munddkars, irrespective of their religious affiliations was given by the Goan Bhattkars mainly the Christian Roman Catholic Bamonn with a few exceptions, Portuguez government never told them to harass their own Goans of lower cadre. Those Bamonn Bhattkars were getting pleasure in harassing their Mundkars. And if yesterday Portuguese was forced out of Goa it was only because of the Goan Bamonn Bhattkarshai who allways collaborated with the Portuguez to harass the lower strata of Goans in the name of Portuguese though the Portuguese were not always flawless. But the greatest culprits were our own Goans whom Alexinho de Candolim in his Tiatro Amchea Xetachi Pavni calls them as “DUKOR”. Otherwise only with wooden Sticks and Stones lower strata of Goans would fight against the Indian Military from invading Goa saying “ we want Portugal, Viva Portugal, Portugal Zindabad ani Bharat Murdabad end etc.” But this did not happen and now we a re suffering in the liberate or invaded Goa. As indicated above, here below is the part of the song which he rendered in Bombay when the local Regidor in Goa denied him the permission to sing in Goa. I. Konnuch vollkonastana aschenant bhavani angasor Agostnho de D’souza Candolim Igorjecho Professor Mistirpon tanne choloilem vorsam challis bhor Barkaen tachem jivit ami niallun pollet tor Bharikuch aslo aslo khoro pun xinkop tachem chodd vhodd Kantorist sadoitat Stage ani Igorzanche Kor (Choir) Derrepent melo babddo Saiba Sorg taka favo kor. II. Bhurgo Felix put tacho ekloch apurbaecho Pai moron adhar na zaun hanga thuim zaito bounlo Akrek Comenadiche choriek sampoddlo Decebrache tin tarker ratcho taka dhorlo Justis kornastana Hath paem bandun Aguad haddlo Kotta team zonglli khapreani taka vattek jivoch marlo Xekim moddem passun dhinastana kotta Xinquerinch purlo III Zori tor hi ghoddni anik khuincheai ghanvan ghoddti Ghaum ekttaim zaun suru zateleo asleo morti Pun Candoikaranchea rogtak bhavani aiz aili sukhti Hi ghoddni ghodli gelea Decembrachi tin tarik Candoikarank dis ho vortoulo bhirankul ani perig Jea dissa khapreanchea hathin kotta bhurgo melo Felix Khuimassat re Candoikarani kiteak magonant justis A.Veronica Fernandes.
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