panaji goenchim kirnnam deusua have bagged the mando award at the 47th statelevel mando festival organized by the goa cultural and social centre for the third consecutive year the festival was held over two days last week in collaboration with the department of art and culture and the kala academy at campal this year too the troupe led by cosma fernandes under the guidance of fr olavo caiado bagged the overall prize the first prizes in the original and traditional categories and the second in the dance category caiado also won the second prize for lyrics and the third for music goenchim noketram sarzora was another troupe to take home several prizes second in the traditional and original categories and first in the dance category sant antonicho suadik naad majorda won the third prize in the traditional category while mando mogi margao bagged the third slot in the original category the margao troupe bagged the third place in the dance category too in the senior citizens category menino jesus kala association chinchinim won the consolation prize in the childrens category the first three prizes went to little flower of jesus high school calangute porvorichim sobit fulam porvorim and manorachim mogrim manoraraia respectively the teenage category saw the consolation prize go to st xaviers collegicho naad mapusa fr luis gomes mando mogi margao and joao francisco da silva ideal iskollachim noketram won the first and third prizes for lyrics marianela p m dias goenchim nokhetram sarzora anthony vaz st xaviers collegicho naad mapusa won the first and second prizes for music commissioner for nri affairs wilfred mesquita who was the chief guest at the concluding ceremony highlighted the importance of preserving goas ageold traditions of mando and dulpods for posterity mlas nilesh cabral and rohan khaunte were also present earlier president of the goa cultural and social centre panaji milagres fernandes welcomed the guests while vicepresident issac dias proposed the vote of thanks the function was compered by bikaji ghanekar ninfa da silva and shakila shaikh