Panaji, July 04: The 117-year-old Konkani theatrical form, ‘Tiatre’, is craving to win a slot in state’s educational curriculum to avoid it waning away from young minds.
Goa Tiatre Academy (GTA), the institution conceived to support `tiatre’, state’s oldest drama form, said that the students should know about this conventional theatre.
Tiatre is a part of Goan culture. Even today, it handles social issues tactfully through theatrical performance.
Anything that is against the Goans’ well-being is whipped in it, Tomazinho Cardozo, GTA President told reporters here.
That is why you won’t find any politicians in tiatre audience, he said.
The tiatre was newfangled craze in Mumbai during 1892 when people of Goan origin staged it. Thereafter, it traveled to Goa to became the most popular form of entertainment.
–PTI