Mando (music)

The dress worn during the Mando dance was of velvet or silk; red, blue, or green in colour; embroidered with gold (rarely with silver) threads.

This was all graced with a fan, which enhanced the lady's mood with a secret charm during the dance.

The Konkani dialect used in the classical Mando’s is that of Salcette, particularly as spoken in the villages of Benaulim, Curtorim, Cortalim, Dabolim, Dramapur, Loutolim, Margao-Fatorda, Quelossim, and Raia, where most of the Mando’s originated.

The possessive pronouns in the Mannddô have the Salcette form, as tugelem for tujem, mugelem for mujem or mhojem.

A girl or a woman is addressed with "rê" (same as a man) instead of "gô" and use the pronoun "ti" instead of "tem".

Singing is accompanied by gentle turning sideways to the rhythm, thus creating both a visual and auditory performance.

" Mando Festival" in Goa.
The music has elements of both Indian and western culture. Traditional musicians of the Goan Mando , ready up on their instruments.
The dress worn during the mando dance was of velvet or silk, red, blue or green in colour, embroidered with gold (rarely with silver) threads. The " Mando Festival" at the Kala Academy, with performers decked up for the event. Goa.
This was all graced with a fan, which enhanced the lady's mood with a secret charm during the dance. Singers of the Mando (Konkani folk music).
Musicians ready for the Mando stage. Konkani music. Goa.
Performers of the Mando song-dance form pose for a photo on a rainy day outside their home in Curtorim.
Mando dancers on stage, Goa.