MALAPPURAM: A two-day seminar on ‘Environment and folklore' organised jointly by the Kerala Folklore Akademi, Calicut University School of Folklore Studies, and South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur, began at Calicut University on Thursday. Inaugurating the seminar, Vice-Chancellor Anwar Jahan Zuberi stressed the importance protecting nature and eco-system, especially as they faced serious challenges in the present socio-economic and political system.
A.K. Nambiar, secretary of the Kerala Folklore Akademi, welcomed the gathering. V.M. Kutty, vice-chairman of the Akademi, released the new issue of magazine ‘Poli'. Purushan Kadalundi, secretary of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, and Raghavan Payyanad, head of the School of Folklore Studies, spoke. E.K. Govindavarma Raja, folklore lecturer, proposed a vote of thanks. The ‘Students Trap' on the campus saw the staging of different folk arts in the evening. Attur Ambujam and party staged Pulluvan Pattu and Thiriyuzhichil. Murugan and party from Marayoor staged Malappulayattam, a unique performance by the Hill Pulaya tribes of Idukki. K. Kumaran and party from Mattul, Kannur, performed Chimmanakkali, a mime drama of Pulaya depicting their caste history and development.
Source: The Hindu, Dated: 19.03.2010
A.K. Nambiar, secretary of the Kerala Folklore Akademi, welcomed the gathering. V.M. Kutty, vice-chairman of the Akademi, released the new issue of magazine ‘Poli'. Purushan Kadalundi, secretary of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, and Raghavan Payyanad, head of the School of Folklore Studies, spoke. E.K. Govindavarma Raja, folklore lecturer, proposed a vote of thanks. The ‘Students Trap' on the campus saw the staging of different folk arts in the evening. Attur Ambujam and party staged Pulluvan Pattu and Thiriyuzhichil. Murugan and party from Marayoor staged Malappulayattam, a unique performance by the Hill Pulaya tribes of Idukki. K. Kumaran and party from Mattul, Kannur, performed Chimmanakkali, a mime drama of Pulaya depicting their caste history and development.
Source: The Hindu, Dated: 19.03.2010
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