PANAJI/MUMBAI: Project Goemcho Goenkar, initiated by a local news enterprise and supported by a Mumbai-based media house as well as the CPIE India was launched in the coastal state a few years ago. The online project aims to digitalize several hundreds landmarks and milestones in the coastal state, both present and past – upto the last 50 years, as the team claims – to provide a digital remembrance or memory of what Goa was and looked like in the good ole days.
What is Project Goemcho Goenkar?
How many youth of Goa or Goans of the present generation can name the top musicians of Goa say 30 years ago? Which were the famous wedding bands in the State, Which were the top music groups 35-40 years ago in the State? Who were our cultural icons in the years gone by? Can you recollect the traditional religious events in Ponda or Old Goa, 4 or 5 decades ago?
Goemcho Goenkar is an initiative to inform and make aware the present generation and upcoming generations of youngsters about the rich Goan heritage, culture and tradition.
It’s an attempt to permanently archive the Goa (food, culture, tradition, music, religious gatherings, festivals, old roads, bridges, wells, lakes, clothing, people, villages, everything about our existence) of today and generations gone by, for the future.
Research for the initiative Goemcho Goenkar is supported by the Centre for Promoting Indian Economy, CPIE India.
Most Goan youth who have lived abroad or in cities like Mumbai and Bangalore have no idea of the age-old culture of Goa and how our weddings or family functions were celebrated 3-4 decades ago.
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