Sound Mani, who performed at the Dubai 2022 Expo, is fascinated by all kinds of ancient Tamil acoustics, and in particular, parai. The expo, which had around 243 pavilions, provided Mani with the ...

Singer Sinduri Vishal is riding high as her latest single, Kottattum Parai, a fiery Tamil rap anthem created with rapper ...

R Velmurugan was standing with onlookers at Alanganallur’s yearly Muniyandi temple festival when his uncle Saevugan and troupe were playing the parai. Velmurugan, who is now known as Velu Aasan ...

“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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

1993. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for Dalit women to start performing Parai Attam, a traditional art form historically performed by Dalit men during funerals. Sister Chandra, ...

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 ...

At one of the Black Lives Matter meets in Australia to protest the killing of George Floyd, a man was seen playing the grand-old Tamilian drum, encircled by an energetic group who were egging him on ...