rachol former state assembly speaker and senior tiatrist tomazinho cardozo said tiatr as an art form could be more effective if the directors practised the moral messages they provided to audiences through the medium he said this while delivering the keynote address at the daylong symposium amchem daiz our heritage organized by the patriarchal seminary of the literary and cultural activities of rachol seminary lacars wing and the tiatr academy of goa tag at rachol on thursday praising the organizers for executing the symposium on the lines of a traditional tiatr with sat pordde seven acts cardozo censured sections of the media for describing tiatrs as folk art or theatre he explained that unlike khellswhose origins are unknown and which were passed down generations either orally or through enactmentstiatrs have been welldocumented and were earlier based on european dramasurging tiatrists to accept positive criticism from their audiences and strive towards presenting original plays tag vicepresident william fernandes did a comparison of tiatrs in the present day with those of the yesteryears even as he urged viewers to perform their collective duty of maintaining the standard of tiatrs in his speech titled aichea tiatranchi sthiti ani tache vad ani avhana the present scenario of tiatr its issues and challenges he slammed the increasing vulgarity and personal attacks that are often made in tiatrs and said this has been dissuading audiences from attending showsprominent female tiatrist anita fernandes underscored the hardships women artistes encounter in her speech titled tiatr machier bailmonxek uprastoleo somosya ani khaxa onnbhov issues related to participation of women in tiatrs and a personal experience she emphasized on the manner in which society regards female artistes and the opposition such women face from their familiesmoderating the second session popular tiatrist sharon mazarello drew attention to the lack of toilets and changing room facilities for women when shows are presented in rural areas another tiatrist pradeep naik gave an interesting talk titled hindumusolman bhavonddanchem tiatr machiek yogdan ani tanchim avhana contribution of hindus and muslims to the tiatr stage and their challenges as he threw light on the efforts made by artistes like himself to shine in the largely christian dominated industryseminarians venancio fernandes and aleston vaz spoke on the topics tiatracho itihas vadd ani vikas history of tiatr evolution and progress and tiatrachea ghottokanchi somzonni khell tiatrachea sondhorbant understanding the elements of tiatr with reference to khell tiatrs respectively cialini fernandes spoke about the contributions of pai tiatrist and analyzed his major tiatrs the session was moderated by cosma fernandesduring the valedictory address chief guest sandeep ambe pointed out that unlike corporate sponsors for comedy shows on television tiatrists do not receive much support apart from the tag he felicitated the students of st joseph high school shiroda st aloysius high school benaulim and mae dos pobre high school nuvem for bagging the first three places in the interschool konkani comedy contest around 13 schools from all over goa participated in the competition judged by popular comedians janet nunes