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PICTURE FOR TODAY
Young Anglers: The group of youngsters who participated
in the angling competition for the Altar Boys of Siolim
Church, under the guidance of asst parish priest Fr Deryk
Fernandes, last week.
(Pic: Long Johni) |
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Childless? Go To Goa
With Cucumbers
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004409698
August 2, 2006 11:37 a.m. EST
Ankit Gupta - All Headline News Staff Writer
Velha, India (AHN) - In a unique tradition, the origins of
which remain unknown, thousands of childless couples offer
cucumbers at a fourth century church in Goa, in the hope of
being blessed with a child, reported the Asian News
International.
Welcome to St Anne's Church in Velha, located around 15
kilometers southeast of Panjim.
Legend has it that childless couples come here praying and
seeking children, by offering a cucumber.
"People come here because they have achieved many graces and
blessings from heaven. And especially the newly-weds who are
gifted with children as they are unable to conceive owing to
biological and medical problems. God has given them the gift
of children through the intersession of St Anne, the patron of
this place. The harmony between the Catholics, Hindus, Muslims
and all others who come here, see to it that they come back
here with their children to thank and honor God. Cucumber as I
know is the first fruit from the earth during this season. The
newly-weds make an offering and ask for blessings of a child
as a gift from God, as a new gift for them is their life,"
said Priest of St Anne's Church, Goa Velha, Loutino Perriera.
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GOA REMIXED
http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/9527.html
Leher Kala
Posted online: Sunday, July 30, 2006 at 0000 hrs
THE MONSOON IN GOA is full of surprises. While the sun is
blaz-ing, it suddenly starts pouring. The wind blasts give the
coconut trees a permanent 60-degree slouch. The beaches are
reduced to a narrow strip and the waves have a deafening
tsunami-like ferocity. This seaside state’s wild natural
beauty is at its most spectacular in the rain. And now the
world has discovered it. So, despite the fact that at this
time of the year there’s no access to the beach, no shacks to
park in and have a beer, no shopping and just a few
restaurants open, touristsareflockingto Goatoenjoythe wet
season.
The top 10 five-star hotels are boasting 100 per cent
occupancy on weekends and 80 per cent during the week. Goa is
rocking. For both busi-ness and leisure. It’s now a 365-day
op-tion for a vacation.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/canada2020/essay-stoffman.html
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Monsoon CALLING
Have the rain gods gone on a vacation or have they entirely
given up on Goa? Goa hasn't seen a decent display of rain this
whole season. The smell of wet earth is no longer a familiar
one. This deprivation of rainfall has left farmers and
horticulturists worried sick. According to horticulturist
Miguel Braganza, "To a farmer, farming is more emotional than
economical. It is, in fact, cheaper to buy crops from the
market then to grow it in their fields! Perhaps it is that
inexplicable bond between farmer and field that propels him
into such action. But with the erratic rainfall, farmers are
no longer doing the rain dance." (Tawina Fernandes, GT) |
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'St Britto students carry
message of Jesus to world'
PANJIM, Aug 2: Jesuit
Provincial for Goa, Fr Anthony D'Silva on Sunday stated that
students of St Britto High School carry the message of the
Society of Jesus to the whole world. Fr D'Silva was delivering
his homily at the thanksgiving mass to celebrate the
completion of 60 years of St Britto High School, Mapusa. (H) |
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Feast of Our Lady of
Snows
MARGAO, Aug 1: The feast
of patron - Our Lady of Snows - popularly known as "Konsanchem
Fest", will be celebrated at Raia church on August 5 with pomp
and gaiety. History of the church reveals that there was no
snowfall in Italy during the 15th century and that the people
had difficult times to beat the heat. The devotees prayed to
God wholeheartedly and vowed to build a church at a place
where snow falls. Soon the prayers were heard and luckily snow
fell. The people constructed the church and named it Our Lady
of Snows Church. (NT) |
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62 injured in Sanguem
mishap
SANGUEM, Aug 2: As many as
62 passengers on an overcrowded minibus were injured, 14 of
them seriously, when the bus proceeding from Sanguem to Kalay
fell on its side near Miracles High School, here on Wednesday
afternoon. This is the fourth bus mishap in the State within
six days, injuring a total of 90 persons so far. (H) |
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Trial run on JATROPHA
BIO-DIESEL
PILAR: Use of bio-diesel
from jatropha Carcus, locally known as erond, as an
alternative to diesel, is inching closer to reality in Goa
with a trial run of power tiller at Pilar using this
eco-friendly option. The experiment has become possible thanks
to the fabrication of an indigenous machine 'Bio-Diesel
Processor' by final year students of Hirasugar Institute of
Technology, Belgaum, for extraction of the fuel from the seeds
of Jatropha Carcus. Fr Inacio Almeida, sfx, who runs the Pilar
Nature Farm by Society of Pilar met the students and evinced
interest in holding a demonstration to extract the bio-fuel.
The foursome - Vainath Patil, Vishwanath Khambi, Shridhar
Patil and Mitra - used the fuel to run the college water pump.
Trial runs of this bio-fuel after etherification have already
been held and it is found to be eco-friendly and gives an
extra mileage of 2 kms as compared to diesel. It costs at
least Rs.10 less than the conventional fuel and smoke
emissions do not contain carbon monoxide. A litre of fuel can
be removed from 3 kg of Jatropha. Each village can have its
plantation and own machine for extraction of the bio-fuel," Fr
Almeida says. (Paul Fernandes, GT) |
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It's important to keep
alive Portuguese language: expert
PANAJI, Aug 2: The head of
the Centro de Lingua Portuguesa, Instituto Camoes, Goa, Prof
Jose Miguel R Lume said that the institute can provide the Goa
University with all the necessary infrastructure for its
post-graduation course in Portuguese literature and culture,
so that those undergoing the course could later teach
Portuguese as the second language in schools. Speaking as the
chief guest during the convocation ceremony for a Portuguese
conversational course recently organised by Indo-Portuguese
Friendship Society, Goa, in collaboration with Fundacao Cidade
de Lisboa, Prof Lume said that it is important to keep alive
the Portuguese language in the state, as it is a part of the
unique and beautiful culture of the region. (NT) |
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GFBOA opposes fishing of
solar shrimps by canoes
MORMUGAO, Aug 1: The Goa
Fishing Boat Owner's Association is up in arms against the
fishing of solar shrimps by mechanised canoes. GFBOA has
claimed that mechanised canoes, using outboard motors of about
10 HP, have been catching tonnes of prawns since the last
three days. (H) |
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