The 23rd Shenoi Goembab Storytelling Competition will be held on August 24
A competition for writing stories was also announced
TeamHerald
The central round of the 23rd Shenoi Goembab Storytelling Competition organised by Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Goa will be held on August 24. Due to the overwhelming response to the competition, in recent years the competition is organised at district level. The district level round will be held on September 1 at 9.00 am at Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Margao and the state level competition will be held on the same day in the evening.
The central level competition will be held in a total of 18 centres. The competition will be held in 12 centres in 12 talukas of Goa and additional centres in Cuncolim, Bardez, Ponda, Tiswadi and Margao. Some schools in Salcete and Quepem talukas have been included in the Cuncolim centre. A total of more than 160 judges and more than 300 volunteers will work to make the competition a success, said Ratnamala Divkar, acting president of KBM.
The competition is organized in three groups, namely 1st to 4th, 5th to 7th and 8th to 10th grade. Many schools have enthusiastically responded to the KBM’s call to conduct competitions in schools first. KBM believes that schools should send the winners at school level to the central level and KBM will also award certificates to these participants at school level. The competition is also open to students with special abilities. Students from special schools can participate in the competition by visiting any storytelling center and submitting an entry.
Many parents, teachers and others write their own new stories as part of a story-telling competition. Hence, KBM has announced a separate story-writing competition this year. Ratnamala Divkar appealed to the writers of new stories to submit a copy of the story along with information and an affidavit to the coordinators of the respective centres. The story-writing competition will be judged at the state level.
All the information and rules regarding the storytelling competition have been communicated to all primary and secondary schools in Goa. For more information, contact Shalaka Desai, Coordinator on 9049750869 or Co-Coordinator Yatin Naik on 9823938121.
