Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Tamil folk culture refers to folk arts and crafts of the Tamil people. Folk arts and crafts are an integral part of the Tamil culture . Tamil folk arts include music i.e. Naattupurapaattu , dance styles, songs, games, crafts, herbal medicine, food, sculpture, costumes, stories, proverbs, and mythology.
Tamil culture refers to the culture of the Tamil people. ... [121] [122] Gaana, a combination of various folk musics is sung mainly in Chennai. [123]
Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak Tamil language, one of the oldest surviving languages in India. With archaeological evidence pointing to the Tamilakam region being inhabited for more than 3,800 years, Tamil culture has seen multiple influences over the years and has developed diversely. With its diverse culture, many forms ...
Tamil folk culture Naattupura Paattu is a form of Tamil folk music and Tamil folk culture . Tamil Nadu has a very ancient and rich form of folk music, some of which is disappearing due to the importance given to Carnatic music as well as the pop movie industries taking over.
Folk singing remains popular, especially in rural areas; elements of the traditional styles are sometimes used in film music. There are contemporary enthusiasts, like Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan and Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, who have worked to revive popular interest in the folk music of Tamil Nadu.
In addition to literary sources, folk festivals, village deities, shamanism, ritual theater and traditions, which are unique to the region, are also good indicators of what early Dravidian people believed/practiced. The most popular deity is Murugan, he is known as the patron god of the Tamils and is also called Tamil Kadavul (Tamil God).
Tamil folk singers (9 P) Pages in category "Tamil folk culture" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Tamil folk culture (2 C, 2 P) J. Jallikattu (6 P) L. Non-native Tamil poets (2 P) Tamil-language literature (15 C, 226 P) Tirukkural commentators (25 P)