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The Wire
01-08-2025
- General
- The Wire
Over 4000 Students Participate in 'Aadi Perukku' Celebration at Dr MGR Janaki Women's College
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (NewsVoir) Over 4,000 students of Dr. MGR-Janaki Women's College celebrated Aadi Perukku, a Tamil festival observed on the eighteenth day of the Tamil month of Aadi to express gratitude for rivers. Donning half-sarees and sarees, students performed many traditional practices, capturing the essence of the occasion. During the celebration, students participated in the 'mulaipari' worship, carrying earthen pots filled with sprouts from nine different types of grains and legumes. The girls floated lamps in a small pond, in a symbolic reenactment of the traditional practice typically performed in rivers. They enjoyed 'chitrannam', which included different varieties of rice such as lemon rice, tamarind rice, and coconut rice. To add to the festivity, students performed traditional folk dances during the occasion and included 'Devarattam,' 'Karakattam,' 'Puliyaattam,' 'Oyilattam,' 'Sakkaiyaattam,' 'Poikaal Kuthiraiyaattam,' 'Mayilattam,' and Dance Drama. Special children also performed a dance, and students from Agaram took part in the occasion. Altogether it was a spectacular sight and replication of celebrations indigenous to villages. 'Preserving our tradition and knowing our roots is important for human race to progress and leave in peace. Celebrations like this will help younger generation know our 5000-year-old tradition and pass on it to future generation. This is our little attempt towards preserving the Tamil culture. Also, the 'sandhai' concept with stalls fully managed by students will help nurture their marketing and entrepreneurial skills' said Dr. Kumar Rajendran, Chairman, Dr. MGR Janaki College for Women. The event also featured experts discussing the social, cultural, and environmental significance of Aadi Perukku, as well as traditional practices, music, and dance forms of Tamil culture. For more details, please visit: (Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with Newsvoir and PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.). This is an auto-published feed from PTI with no editorial input from The Wire.
Fashion Value Chain
01-08-2025
- General
- Fashion Value Chain
Over 4000 Students Participate in ‘Aadi Perukku' Celebration at Dr MGR Janaki Women's College
Over 4,000 students of Dr. MGR-Janaki Womens College celebrated Aadi Perukku, a Tamil festival observed on the eighteenth day of the Tamil month of Aadi to express gratitude for rivers. Donning half-sarees and sarees, students performed many traditional practices, capturing the essence of the occasion. Over 4000 Students Participate in 'Aadi Perukku' Celebration at Dr MGR Janaki Women's College During the celebration, students participated in the mulaipari worship, carrying earthen pots filled with sprouts from nine different types of grains and legumes. The girls floated lamps in a small pond, in a symbolic reenactment of the traditional practice typically performed in rivers. They enjoyed 'chitrannam', which included different varieties of rice such as lemon rice, tamarind rice, and coconut rice. To add to the festivity, students performed traditional folk dances during the occasion and included 'Devarattam,' 'Karakattam,' 'Puliyaattam,' 'Oyilattam,' 'Sakkaiyaattam,' 'Poikaal Kuthiraiyaattam,' 'Mayilattam,' and Dance Drama. Special children also performed a dance, and students from Agaram took part in the occasion. Altogether it was a spectacular sight and replication of celebrations indigenous to villages. 'Preserving our tradition and knowing our roots is important for human race to progress and leave in peace. Celebrations like this will help younger generation know our 5000-year-old tradition and pass on it to future generation. This is our little attempt towards preserving the Tamil culture. Also, the 'sandhai' concept with stalls fully managed by students will help nurture their marketing and entrepreneurial skills' said Dr. Kumar Rajendran, Chairman, Dr. MGR Janaki College for Women. The event also featured experts discussing the social, cultural, and environmental significance of Aadi Perukku, as well as traditional practices, music, and dance forms of Tamil culture. For more details, please visit:
The Hindu
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Thoothukudi to host fourth edition of 'Neithal' folk arts festival from June 13
Thoothukudi is all set to host the fourth edition of the 'Neithal', festival, a three-day event celebrating Tamil folk culture and artistic heritage from June 13 to June 15. Initiated by the Thoothukudi MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, the three-day festival will take place at the V.O.C college ground in Thoothukudi. Similar to the past few years, this year's festival will also feature over 300 artistes from across Tamil Nadu, presenting more than 20 traditional performances belonging to the State, each evening from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. The exciting line up of the folk art forms including 'Karakattam', 'Mayilattam', 'Oyilattam', 'Devarattam', 'Parai Attam', 'Jimbala melam', 'poikkal kuthirai' etc,. were planned at the festival, offering a rich cultural experiences to the audience. In addition to the stage performances, the festival will also feature a traditional food exhibition with over 20 stalls, showcasing indigenous dishes from different regions of Tamil Nadu. The initiative was aimed to highlight the state's rich culinary heritage while supporting the local food artisans by giving them a wider platform. The festival which is set to commence on June 13 will begin with 'Mangala Isai' followed by the cultural performances of different troupes. On June 14, the festival will feature performances including 'Devarattam', 'Perunchalagai attam' and music bands featuring famous singers. The final day June 15 to be concluded with performances by Thoothukudi Government Music School followed by different folk artiste troupes.
The Hindu
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Hindu
Children take a folk art form from rural environ to Reunion Island
A group of destitute children from an obscure village near here has overnight turned ambassadors of the Tamil folk art form of 'thappattam' following performances in the Reunion Island, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean. A contingent of 15 boys and girls in Kilinjikuppam hamlet, which was adopted by the NGO Volontariat India, established in the city in 1962 by Belgian social worker Madeleine Herman, recently returned home after showcasing the folk form in the Reunion Island. The children also displayed their other talents by performing Karakattam, Kolattam, Oilattam, Silambam etc. Another highlight was the kummi performance set to Sega, the traditional music of Reunion Island, and a fusion show with the island's thappattam troupe Tambours Sacres. Besides, in the true spirit of cross-cultural collaboration, several children and youth from Reunion Island danced to Tamil film songs. According to Sendil Coumarane, after the Volontariat adopted the Kilinjikuppam hamlet near Puducherry, the most marginalised students were being provided educational assistance alongside training in arts such as Silambam, thappattam and karate. A thappattam troupe has also been established in the village. The 14 day-tour of the youngsters to the Reunion Islands and cultural performance at the Cinepalmes at Sainte-Marie, followed a visit last year by a team of young artists from the the Reunion Island. Then, the French group had staged a dance programme that also featured members of the Kilinjikuppam troupe. It was this combination show that set the stage for an invitation to the children here to perform at Reunion Island under the auspices of the Pondy Superstars, a dance school led by Selvakumar, he said. Following a special cultural programme at Sainte-Marie, which was presided by Selvam Shanmugam, of the Tamil Sangam of Reunion Island, the children were even invited to have lunch with Bhupendra Singh, the Indian Consul General in Reunion Island. 'Needless to say, these children who may have not even ventured afar from their village, are absolutely over the moon after the experience of flying to a foreign destination where they were treated like special guests, and doing a lot of sight-seeing to boot', Mr. Sendil said.
