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The plural of <i>Dekhnnî</i> in Konkani remains the same. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deknni&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the earliest <span title="Konkani (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><i lang="kok-Latn">deknni</i></span> which may be dated around 1869 is <i><a href="/wiki/Kuxttoba" title="Kuxttoba">Kuxttoba</a></i> in which he is called "heir to India and terror of Goa", implying resistance to Portuguese rule. Kuxttoba was a member of the Salekar branch of the Rane family. Information about his birth, the reason and the course of his rebellion and the manner of his end are vague. He rebelled as an individual against the rule of the Portuguese in Goa but he presented no concept for a free Goa. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carlos_Eugenio_Ferreira.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Carlos_Eugenio_Ferreira.jpg/220px-Carlos_Eugenio_Ferreira.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Carlos_Eugenio_Ferreira.jpg/330px-Carlos_Eugenio_Ferreira.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Carlos_Eugenio_Ferreira.jpg/440px-Carlos_Eugenio_Ferreira.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="3200" /></a><figcaption> Hanv Saiba Poltoddi Voitam composed by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira Goa's most famous <a href="/wiki/Dekhni" class="mw-redirect" title="Dekhni">Dekhni</a> song </figcaption></figure> <p>One of the best known <i>Dekhnnî</i> songs is "<i>Hanv Saiba Poltoddi Voitam</i>" by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira (1860–1932) first published in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> in 1895 and then in Goa in 1926 by <a href="/wiki/Jaime_Valfredo_Rangel" title="Jaime Valfredo Rangel">Tipografia Rangel</a>. The song was adapted by <a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> as <i>Na mangoon sona chandi</i> in his <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> movie <a href="/wiki/Bobby_(1973_film)" title="Bobby (1973 film)">Bobby</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-r111-112_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r111-112-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The story that is depicted in this song is about two temple dancers who want to go for Damu's wedding and they approach the boatman to ferry them across the river. The boatman says, "No! The river is rough!" The dancers offer the boatman their gold jewellery; but the boatman is still firm. "No!" he says. So the dancers dance for the boatman and this time he ferries them across the river.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold" align="center"><i>Hanv Saiba Poltoddi Voitam</i> (I’m Crossing to the Other Side of the River) </th></tr> <tr> <th>Konkani lyrics</th> <th>Translation </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">First stanza </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style:italic;"> <p>Hanv Saiba Poltoddi Voitam,<br /> Damulea lognaku voitam,<br /> Mhaka Saiba vattu dakhoi,<br /> Mhaka Saiba vattu kollona.<br /> </p> </td> <td> <p>Oh, to the other side I’m crossing,<br /> I’m going for Damu’s wedding,<br /> Show me the route, I pray,<br /> For I do not know the way. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Second stanza </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style:italic;"> <p>Damulea mattu-vantu,<br /> Kolvontacho kellu,<br /> Damulea mattu-vantu,<br /> Kolvontacho kellu. </p> </td> <td> <p>In the tent of Damu’s wedding<br /> The dancing girls are playing.<br /> In the tent of Damu’s wedding<br /> The dancing girls are playing.<br /> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold" align="center">Refrain </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold" align="center">Ghe, Ghe, Ghe (Take it, Sir!) </th></tr> <tr> <th>Konkani lyrics</th> <th>Translation </th></tr> <tr> <td style="font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-style:italic;"> <p>Ghe, ghe, ghe, ghe, ghe, ghe gâ Saiba,<br /> Mhaka naka gô, mhaka naka gô.<br /> Him mujea paiantlim painzonnam, ghe gâ Saiba,<br /> Mhaka naka gô, mhaka naka gô.<br /> </p> </td> <td> <p>Take it, take, take, take, oh!,<br /> No, I don’t want, I don’t want it, oh no!,<br /> These anklets from my feet, do take them, <i>gô</i>!,<br /> No, I don’t want, I don’t want it, oh no! </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center">Source: <i>Dekhnnî</i> by Carlos Eugenio Ferreira (1860–1926) taken from the "<i>Greatest Konkani Song Hits Vol. 1</i> (2009)".<sup id="cite_ref-r111-112_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-r111-112-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Other deknni songs are: </p> <ul><li><span title="Konkani (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="kok-Latn">Arê tanddela</span></span></li> <li><span title="Konkani (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="kok-Latn">Tendulechim tendulim</span></span></li> <li><span title="Konkani (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="kok-Latn">Vaingem kazar zata mhunn</span></span></li> <li>Voddekara</li> <li><span title="Konkani (macrolanguage)-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="kok-Latn">Vhoir vhoir dongrar</span></span></li> 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dance">Mahari</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Divine forms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nataraja" title="Nataraja">Nataraja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tandava" title="Tandava">Tandava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasa_lila" class="mw-redirect" title="Rasa lila">Rasa lila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lasya" title="Lasya">Lasya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_folk_dances" title="List of Indian folk dances">Folk</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_folk_dances" title="List of Indian folk dances">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alkap" title="Alkap">Alkap</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Ghumura_dance" title="Ghumura dance">Ghumura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gombhira" title="Gombhira">Gombhira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grida_dance" title="Grida dance">Grida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hojagiri" class="mw-redirect" title="Hojagiri">Hojagiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulivesha" class="mw-redirect" title="Hulivesha">Hulivesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhijhiya" title="Jhijhiya">Jhijhiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhumar" title="Jhumar">Jhumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhumair" title="Jhumair">Jhumair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kachchhi_Ghodi_dance" title="Kachchhi Ghodi dance">Kachhi Ghodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalbelia" title="Kalbelia">Kalbelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakattam" title="Karakattam">Karakattam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma_Naach" title="Karma Naach">Karma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keisabadi" title="Keisabadi">Keisabadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khual_Lam" title="Khual Lam">Khual Lam</a></li> <li><a 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title="Oppana">Oppana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oyilattam" title="Oyilattam">Oyilattam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paampu_attam" title="Paampu attam">Paampattam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padayani" title="Padayani">Padayani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavri_Nach" title="Pavri Nach">Pavri Nach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phulpati_dance" title="Phulpati dance">Phulpati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poikkaal_Kuthirai_Aattam" title="Poikkaal Kuthirai Aattam">Poikkal Kuthiraiattam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puli_Kali" title="Puli Kali">Puli Kali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puliyattam" title="Puliyattam">Puliyattam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasiya" title="Rasiya">Rasiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raut_Nacha" title="Raut Nacha">Raut Nacha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saang" title="Saang">Saang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singhi_Chham" title="Singhi Chham">Singhi Chham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sword_dance" title="Sword dance">Sword dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tertali" 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