panaji st michaels parish taleigao in association with the department of art and culture recently organized a musical performance to not only raise funds for a parish community centre at taleigao but to ensure that konkani culture and music was kept alive called kor kantar taleigao the megamusical fusion concert saw a wide array of talent of celebrated singers including lorna cordeiro sonia shirsat veeam braganza and others taking to the stage to entertain 3500 guests speaking at the event chief guest archbishop filipe neri ferrao called on all to protect the tradition and culture of konkani while simultaneously asking the people to be united in the face of cultural intolerance the parish is keen to construct a parish community centre that caters to all forms of social gatherings focused on cultural and religious bonding social welfare and community development parish priest conceicao dsilva said the centre will provide the parishioners and the people of taleigao an opportunity to enhance their spiritual and social endeavours and encourage the children youth and the families of the village to meet together in solidarity to support the holistic growth of taleigao robert cabral and jimmy fernandes along with the support of the st michael taleigao parish pastoral council and dsilva spearheaded the effort to organize the event the ambitious project is estimated to cost 2 crore the evening also saw stellar performances by singeractress ester noronha from mangalore englebert rose and alria rose children of late alfred and rita rose cielda pereira of the nachomia kumpasar fame oluv rodrigues divya naik and saxxy aggie comedians augustine selvy and janet kept the audience in splits through their skit while mimicry artist baba cielo and award winning dancers cinida and cider entertained the crowd cabral and fernandes who played a key role in organizing the event began preparing for the task in june states a press release