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, Rafael’s style and voice has a ‘typical’ impact of great Goan tiatr singers.
The talented artiste will feature in 𝙄𝙓𝙏𝙏𝘼 𝙐𝙂𝘿𝘿𝘼𝙎 𝙏𝙐𝙕𝙊, a musical tribute to late Cajetan de Sanvordem, set to be premiered on the OTT platform - YouTube, soon.
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𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝟮𝟱𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
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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 ‘zomnivele khell’ & dramas right from a very young age.
He has written and acted in a number of ‘khell-tiatrs’ 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, Rafael’s only major ‘tiatr’ in Goa that he wrote & directed was titled as ‘Pap’.
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.
Rafael’s 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 Rafael’s 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: ‘Mhozo Ugddas Korat’, ‘Ulo’, and ‘Mhaka Khuim Dovorta,’ which was later staged as an English play ‘Where Do You Keep Me’.
Rafael’s last drama was ‘Anik Nam’ (No More) in 2018 featuring Cayman-based Goan actors and Goan superstars Prince Jacob, John D’Silva, Francis de Tuem with music by Maestro Shahu.
RAFAEL DE MACASANA – PRIVATE LIFE
Rafael is happily married to Rosy Noel, the couple has 2 children. Son Royston Noel has a studio and leads Goa’s famous band – Black in White, he plays the keyboards and sings.
Rafael’s daughter is currently in Canada.
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𝙄𝙓𝙏𝙏𝘼 𝙐𝙂𝘿𝘿𝘼𝙎 𝙏𝙐𝙕𝙊 - 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝟮𝟱𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗧
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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 D’Souza, Polly de Curtorim, Bab Agnel – all from UK, and Rafael de Macasana from Cayman Islands.
Gracy Rodrigues, Clemmie Almeida, Simon Dias, Olinda Dias, Gasper Crasto & Esparansa, Seby D’Silva, Sucorina Fernandes, Seby Mascarenhas, Valanka Fernandes & Acacia Almeida -- from Kuwait.
𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪
Music for the show is provided by Shahu Almeida & his band boys comprising of Lennon D'Silva, Dennis Gonsalves & drummer-boy Aerosmith Almeida.
𝙄𝙓𝙏𝙏𝘼 𝙐𝙂𝘿𝘿𝘼𝙎 𝙏𝙐𝙕𝙊 will feature songs on various topics apart from comedy sideshows.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 & 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙟𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙢, 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 ‘𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙆𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙞 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚’, 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙, 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚.
