S2E3 | Kalai: The Arts | The Asian Other...Tamil Podcast

The arts have been used as a mode of communication amongst humans for centuries. In season 1, Nishani and Thanusha mention that Villupaatu was used in the past to spread news and propaganda across the land. Using this as a basis we further expand on the arts in Tamil culture. We speak on classical forms of art we are familiar with and forms of folk art that are practised today and we may have come across in cinema without having a full appreciation of the art form and the forms of art that we have lost over the years.

Please join us for season 2 episode 3 - Kalai: the arts.

Ungal,

Nishani & Thanusha

0:00 - Introduction

2:08 - Carnatic Music 6:40 - Entry to Aattams (dance)

11:55 - Silambattam

17:35 - Manmadhan story

19:22 - Puli Aattam

22:10 - Bommal Aattam

23:43 - Karakaattam

26:20 - Kummi

28:10 - Eelam Tamils & Carnatic music

29:54 - Oppaari and its significance

34.12 - Amba Paadalgal/Songs

37:14 - Parai Melam & Yaazh

42:08 - Koothu varieties

47.13 - Preserving the dying art forms in the Tamil diaspora

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