Kerala
Preserving indigenous culture
These are times when people are becoming more aware of the need to promote and preserve indigenous cultures of specific localities and communities.
As all contemporary cultures draw their energy from the cultural past, a close watch and analysis of the riches of bygone days are significant in any study of the present.
The Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery, has become the venue for the past couple of weeks for such a gathering of artistes and enthusiasts of indigenous cultural legacies. The campus in Kalamassery has become the venue for the presentation of a wide variety of folk art forms. The programme began on April 25 and will continue till Tuesday.
Each day presented a variety of cultural programmes, such as workshops, lecture sessions and rendering of folk songs. Karinthalakoottam from Thrissur, Thayilyam from Thiruvalla and Vaithari Nattupattu Koottam, Kootanad, Palakkad, presented folk songs rendered in their unique styles. Sunil Edakkad presented the song Paaluvam Pennu.
Workshops on mural art were also held. The Kochi-based artist Asanthan, Kavitha Kalpathy, Edakkattuvayal Sivadas, Johny Mikhael, P.S. Banerji, Mavelikkara Johnson, Rajan Thrissur, Uthman, Jayan Bilathikulam and others participated. Some of them exhibited their works.
Discussions on poetry, literature and social issues were held throughout the event.
Civic Chandran, M. Geetanandan, Vilayodi Venugopal, C.R. Neelakantan, Kallen Pokkudan and K.K. Kochu spoke on various topics. Rasli Abraham and Rambha Kavalam presented 'Vayalkoottam.'
Many groups and organisations, such as Terra group, Karinthalakoottam, Theyyakkottam, Prasakthi, Thakshashila, Kalam and Mural Painting Institute, Guruvayoor, participated.
The whole event was aimed at providing a platform for the neglected and subaltern cultures of localities, as part of offering resistance to the ongoing process of economic liberalisation.
Kalamassery municipal chairperson V.M. Arifa will inaugurate the valedictory function.
Renu Ramanath
(The Hindu - May 9, 2006)
Preserving indigenous culture
These are times when people are becoming more aware of the need to promote and preserve indigenous cultures of specific localities and communities.
As all contemporary cultures draw their energy from the cultural past, a close watch and analysis of the riches of bygone days are significant in any study of the present.
The Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery, has become the venue for the past couple of weeks for such a gathering of artistes and enthusiasts of indigenous cultural legacies. The campus in Kalamassery has become the venue for the presentation of a wide variety of folk art forms. The programme began on April 25 and will continue till Tuesday.
Each day presented a variety of cultural programmes, such as workshops, lecture sessions and rendering of folk songs. Karinthalakoottam from Thrissur, Thayilyam from Thiruvalla and Vaithari Nattupattu Koottam, Kootanad, Palakkad, presented folk songs rendered in their unique styles. Sunil Edakkad presented the song Paaluvam Pennu.
Workshops on mural art were also held. The Kochi-based artist Asanthan, Kavitha Kalpathy, Edakkattuvayal Sivadas, Johny Mikhael, P.S. Banerji, Mavelikkara Johnson, Rajan Thrissur, Uthman, Jayan Bilathikulam and others participated. Some of them exhibited their works.
Discussions on poetry, literature and social issues were held throughout the event.
Civic Chandran, M. Geetanandan, Vilayodi Venugopal, C.R. Neelakantan, Kallen Pokkudan and K.K. Kochu spoke on various topics. Rasli Abraham and Rambha Kavalam presented 'Vayalkoottam.'
Many groups and organisations, such as Terra group, Karinthalakoottam, Theyyakkottam, Prasakthi, Thakshashila, Kalam and Mural Painting Institute, Guruvayoor, participated.
The whole event was aimed at providing a platform for the neglected and subaltern cultures of localities, as part of offering resistance to the ongoing process of economic liberalisation.
Kalamassery municipal chairperson V.M. Arifa will inaugurate the valedictory function.
Renu Ramanath
(The Hindu - May 9, 2006)
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