Date: 17 June 2025
MOGADAN
by Vasant Hede and Krishna
We ( Krishna and I) conducted session with some movements , singing, music and dance with the inmates at Mogadan on 17th June from 9.30 am to 10.30 am.
We were so happy to meet the inmates after a long time. They recognised us and shared welcoming smiles. We did few exercises with music in the background and they lot of dancing and singing on popular Goan songs . Overall we got good participation …few inmates came to the floor to dance with us ( 6 or 7 ) , while others enjoyed the session sitting on the chairs and participating with whole hearts.
There were chairs placed and they were all sitting on chairs and this we thought we could conduct singing and dancing activities on chairs and invite them to stand and move a bit. Active participation was around 25 inmates. The inmates looks happy and active.
We started with some simple exercises which included hands and body moments. We added some happy energetic music in the background and that worked really well.
The inmates joined us with lot of zeal and enthusiasm when played the songs on the portable music system that we carried with us popular songs ( which we know they know and can sing along ) such as Maria Pitache, Bum Bum Bhole , Undir mana ailo etc ..
After all the singing and little bit of dancing we checked with the inmates how they felt as they were slightly tired with the singing and dancing . We did some cooling exercise by chanting OM and breathing exercise . W interacted with them for some more time. And then we said good bye to them.
