When software professional and parai music trainer V Shakthi launched Team Nimirvu Kalaiyagam (TNK) in Coimbatore in 2011, his mission was not just to safeguard the traditional folk dance parai attam, ...

Charithra Ganeshkumar had heard a lot about the parai, but never got an opportunity to learn to play it. But when she heard the beats of the small drum from her neighbour’s house, she knew this was ...

“When you hear the beat of the parai and are instantly jolted to move, it isn’t you, but your ancestors dancing inside you,” says parai artist and teacher Manimaran. For the last two decades, ...

CHENNAI: The sound of the drum beat and the music of their salangai (ghungroo) as they tapped their feet in an energetic dance reverberated on the platform of the Thirumangalam metro station on Sunday ...

MADURAI: Noted parai (a percussion musical instrument) artiste Velu Murugan, also known as Velu Aasan, was honoured with the Padma Shri for his immense contribution to preserving and promoting ...

New Delhi: Learning to play the parai, a traditional drum associated with resistance to caste oppression in parts of southern India; staging Theatre of the Oppressed, a participatory performance form ...

Australian Tamil Arts is scheduled to perform Parai (Tamil Drum ) performance and join the parade in AFL Multicultural Festival on Saturday (28 July) at Spotless stadium , Sydney Olympic Park. Mr ...