A five-year-old struggles to lift his drum, despite the one kilo instrument being too heavy for his little hands. Nearby, a woman slings it across her shoulder, keeping a sharp eye on her baby, asleep ...

“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, ...

The Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA) is a popular haunt for NRI Tamils to revisit their roots, celebrate the performing arts traditions of their homeland, and find a sense of ...

Coimbatore: Hundreds of music enthusiasts from across Tamil Nadu and Tamil folk artists from Seattle and Portland watched in awe as a group of folk artists in traditional attire played parai at ...

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 ...

Hindu Council of Australia is organising Deepavali celebrations in many places in Sydney. Shanmugapriyan of Hindu Council of Australia and Painthalir of Sydney Tamil Performing Arts which plays Tamil ...

Meet the members of an all-girls parai group in Tamil Nadu. These students from a school in Chennai’s Besant Nagar drums up a beat that is impossible to resist ...

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(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, January 25 (IANS) Velu Aasan, the celebrated Parai artist from Tamil Nadu, expressed his overwhelming joy and gratitude upon receiving the prestigious Padma Shri award.

The Wedding of VIROSH’: How fans named Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna’s big day Fans turned a hashtag into history as “VIROSH” — the beloved ship name of Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika ...