Think of Goa and the image that strikes one’s mind is that of smiling people, great food and milling beaches. But every Mumbaikar’s favourite holiday destination also hosts a vast cultural treasure trove of music, literature and poetry. Jose Neil Gomes-led Roz Angon brings a vein of that vibrant musical culture to the city with their performance on February 22 at a Bandra venue.

The title of the group came from the traditional courtyards in old Goan homes. “Houses in the Konkan would have an open courtyard in the centre, with an orchard or rose garden,” he tells us. His own family home in Benaulim, a 350-year-old structure, is proof of this legacy. The term, Roz Angon, is a blend of the Portuguese and Konkani words for rose and courtyard  respectively.