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Film Screening of Bread & Belonging, a film by Sonia Filinto

XAVIER CENTRE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH Cordially invites you to the Film Screening of Bread & Belonging A film by Sonia Filinto Synopsis As Goa, India’s smallest state, comes…

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Movie Screening of ‘Saxtticho Koddo’

Saxtticho Koddo – The Granary of Salcette was screened yesterday at XCHR. After the movie there was a short interaction with the Director, Mr Vince Costa.

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History Hour 63 – “Norma” by Dr. Luis Dias held on Tuesday, 16th November, 2010.

Famed soprano and one of the all-time great divas of the operatic stage Joan Sutherland passed away on 10 October 2010. As Norma, Sutherland scaled new heights…

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History Hour 58 – “Tocar Y Luchar” (To Play and to Fight) by Dr. Luis Dias held on Saturday, 19th June, 2010.

With interviews with many of the world’s most celebrated musicians including the great tenor Placido Domingo, Claudio Abbado, Sir, Simon Rattle, Guiseppe Sinopoli, and Eduardo…

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History Hour 57 – “Robert Schuman Birth Centennial” by Dr. Luis Dias held on Tuesday, 8th June, 2010.

Dr. Luis Dias presented two short films featuring works of Robert Schumann, preceded by a small talk, on the occasion of Schumann’s birth bicentenary, which…

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History Hour 56. “Frédéric Chopin Birth Bicentennial” by Dr. Luis Dias held on Monday, 22nd February 2010.

Dr. Luis Dias presented two short films on the life and work of Frédéric Chopin, preceded by a small talk, on the occasion of Chopin’s…

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History Hour 22 – “Causes for Existence of Communal Harmony in Goa” by Dr. A. A. Fernandes – Thursday, 4th May 2006.

The causes for the existence of communal harmony in Goa during the latter half of Portuguese Rule as well as its continuance after the liberation…

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History Hour 11 – “India: The Lotus and the Cross”, by Mr. Vishnu Mathur – 12th February 2005

Synopsis of the film: In this  92 minute film  we saw the phenomenon of  “Inculturation” – how Hindu rituals and symbols are intermingling into the…

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History Hour 9 – Screening of “Goa’s Struggle for Freedom”

A documentary film, “Goa’s Struggle for Freedom” was screened on Thursday, 6th January 2005 at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Porvorim. The sixty eight…

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