Daman Day 2011 was celebrated on “Dia de Damao” – 2nd of February which also coincides with the feast of “Nossa Senhora das Candeias” – an annual, open air mass held on the forecourt of the DMC building and offered by the councillors and staff of the Daman municipal council. Due to the ongoing DMC […]
Following the resounding worldwide success of World Daman Day 2008 & 2009, the organizers decided to open the celebrations of the 3rd World Daman Day (2010) on the 2nd of February 2010 – the day Damão came to be in 1559 – leading to the big day itself under the aegis of World Goa Day […]
Peterborough (UK) celebrated their 3rd World Daman Day on the 22nd of August 2010. Check out the program highlights on the official World Daman Day website!
The book every Damanense has always wished someone would write for them! Saudades! Folk Memories of Damão! A memoir about the folksy past of Damão (Daman), a little-known, former Portuguese enclave on the western shore of India While Viva Damao! The Insider’s Guide to the Indo-Portuguese Culture, Customs & Etiquette of Daman is […]
Returning to my roots – from “The Exclusively Western” 1-Man band to the exclusively, “Portuguese Music” One-Man Band! My special thanks to everyone who’s been cajoling me for a come-back! Muito obrigado! “Viva Damão!” is an exclusively Portuguese Pop & Folk 1-Man Band from Daman (Damão), India with a mission… “To revive and popularize Portuguese Pop & Folk […]
I’m 90% done with the research for my book, “Viva Damao: The Indo Portuguese Subculture of Daman.” Now begins the writing part of the project – should take three months; and another two months to pass through my editing. Here’s a mock-up of the hard cover version: And the soft cover version: […]
Take a sneak peek at the brand new World Daman Day 2010 website here: http://www.worlddamanday.com
I’m happy to inform that I received a letter from the ambassador of Portugal acknowledging the receipt of my book, “Culture Wise INDIA,” and promising all help in starting Portuguese language course in Daman!
I’ve been searching for the potted history (also known as timeline) of Daman (Damao) for my website, www.discover-daman.com. In case anyone has a source where I can obtain the potted history of Damao, I’d be very much obliged if you’d kindly share it with me. Thanks, Noel
I voted for Artur Martins of Portugal – you can also do the same here: http://www.benevolat.eu/en/vote.php
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