By Gasper Crasto/Kuwait
Konkani art & artistes have walked a long way with Goans settled abroad exhibiting their love for our mother tongue in various parts of the globe.
Goans in faraway Cayman Islands of the Caribbeans are closely connected as well although they are almost on the other side of the planet; they have always kept the fire of our culture alive.
One of the Goans who has strived to keep the Konkani flame burning in an alien land is veteran Goan star Rafael Noel popularly known as Rafael de Macasana. He has been working in Cayman since 14th February 2006.
Hailing from Povacao, Macasana, Rafaelโs style and voice has a โtypicalโ impact of great Goan tiatr singers.
The talented artiste will feature in ๐๐๐๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐, a musical tribute to late Cajetan de Sanvordem, set to be premiered on the OTT platform - YouTube, soon.
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๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ช ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ง๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ
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The show directed by Shahu Almeida with full-on entertainment for global Goans comprises a number of superstars from Goa, Kuwait & London.
ABOUT RAFAEL DE MACASANA
Rafael has acted in โzomnivele khellโ & dramas right from a very young age.
He has written and acted in a number of โkhell-tiatrsโ and dramas during his years in Goa. He also plays the trumpet as a hobby.
While he has produced and acted in 4 dramas written by Kenny Ferns from Velim, Rafaelโs only major โtiatrโ in Goa that he wrote & directed was titled as โPapโ.
On the professional stage, he has performed for renowned directors including Roseferns dramatic troupe (for Thapott), Milagres de Chandor, Joe de Macasana, Bernard de Chandor, Philip Almeida, etc, and toured many places.
Rafaelโs love for Konkani dramas is unmatched; in recent times he has travelled to Kuwait and Bahrain from Cayman to sing in musical shows directed by Maestro Shahu.
The soft-spoken star was inspired by his son to sing songs, however, it was Maestro Shahu who has revived Rafaelโs love towards the art of singing on stage.
Rafael has staged 4 Konkani dramas and 4 Musical shows on Cayman Island.
Titles of his dramas are: โMhozo Ugddas Koratโ, โUloโ, and โMhaka Khuim Dovorta,โ which was later staged as an English play โWhere Do You Keep Meโ.
Rafaelโs last drama was โAnik Namโ (No More) in 2018 featuring Cayman-based Goan actors and Goan superstars Prince Jacob, John DโSilva, Francis de Tuem with music by Maestro Shahu.
RAFAEL DE MACASANA โ PRIVATE LIFE
Rafael is happily married to Rosy Noel, the couple has 2 children. Son Royston Noel has a studio and leads Goaโs famous band โ Black in White, he plays the keyboards and sings.
Rafaelโs daughter is currently in Canada.
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๐๐๐๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ - ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐ง
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Artistes that will perform in the show include Prince Jacob, Comedian Ben Evangelisto, Rons Tavares, Meena Goes, Amresh Kamat, Ben Cecilia & Alias Fernandes from Goa.
Simon Gonsalves, Laurente Pereira, Babit DโSouza, Polly de Curtorim, Bab Agnel โ all from UK, and Rafael de Macasana from Cayman Islands.
Gracy Rodrigues, Clemmie Almeida, Simon Dias, Olinda Dias, Gasper Crasto & Esparansa, Seby DโSilva, Sucorina Fernandes, Seby Mascarenhas, Valanka Fernandes & Acacia Almeida -- from Kuwait.
๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ช
Music for the show is provided by Shahu Almeida & his band boys comprising of Lennon D'Silva, Dennis Gonsalves & drummer-boy Aerosmith Almeida.
๐๐๐๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ will feature songs on various topics apart from comedy sideshows.
๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง & ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐พ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ข, ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก-๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐โ, ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐.
