Lifetime Contribution to tiatr awards (Non Commercial) 2024
Lifetime Contribution to Tiatr Awards 2024-25 (Non – Commercial) presented
TAG presented ‘Lifetime Contribution to Tiatr Awards 2024-25 (Non – Commercial)’ to 5 tiatr personalities Jose Antonio Pereira (JP), Peter V. Fernandes, Jose M.F.De.J.N. Barreto (Juju), Francis Fernandes and Pedro Colaco for their valuable contribution to tiatr. The award consisted of a memento, citation and cash purse of Rs. 50,000/-.
The awards were presented at a specially organized function at the Pai Tiatrist Auditorium, Ravindra Bhavan, Margao – Goa on 14 th December 2024 on the occasion of Birth Anniversary of Joao Agostinho Fernandes (Pai Tiatrist) at the hands of Smt. Hema Sardesai a famous Indian playback singer, Shri. Sagun Velip, Director of Art Culture and Domingos Araujo- promoter of Tiatr in the presence of Shri. Anthony Barbosa, President of TAG, Shri. Rajendra Talak, Chairman of Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, Shri.Suresh Divkar Member Secretary of TAG. Smt. Sharmila Fernandes, Granddaughter of Pai Tiatrist, was also present as a Special Invitee.
Noted singer Hema Sardesai said there was a pressing need to safeguard Goa’s culture, Sardesai advocated for the preservation of Konkani through tiatrs and other art forms and suggested teaching the language to non-Goans. Director of the Art and Culture Department, Shri. Sagun Velip, said, “Competitions and workshops on tiatr have given children confidence to perform on stage and overcome the stage fear. We are confident the younger generation will carry tiatr forward, not just in India but globally”.
Earlier Shri. Anthony Barbosa, President of Tiatr Academy welcomed the guests and congratulated all the awardees.
The function was compered by well-known personality of the Konkanni Stage Shri. Avito Pires de Menezes and Smt. Guadalupe Dias. The function was followed by staging a Konkani Musical show.