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Chennai Sangamam, the people festival held annually successful the metropolis during the Pongal celebrations, has 1 much summation this year: a manner amusement organised successful relation with Co-optex, successful which people artistes sporting accepted handloom textiles volition participate.
Speaking to reporters, DMK Parliamentary Party person Kanimozhi, who is instrumental successful organising the festival, said that implicit 30 artistes would instrumentality portion successful the manner show.
“It volition beryllium coordinated by Kavitha Ramu, Managing Director of Co-optex, astatine the Egmore Museum Hall connected January 17. Folk artistes volition deterioration accepted apparel woven by our weavers successful places specified arsenic Arani and Kancheepuram, and saree varieties specified arsenic Sungudi and Chettinad. Weavers from Tamil Nadu are going to instrumentality centrestage,” she said.
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin volition inaugurate the lawsuit connected January 14 astatine the Rajarathinam Stadium. The peculiar amusement marking the inauguration volition beryllium repeated connected January 15. The festival volition diagnostic performances by people artistes from assorted parts of Tamil Nadu and different States astatine 20 locations crossed Chennai, including parks and nationalist spaces, until January 18. Around 1,500 artistes are participating successful the festival.
“Folk arts are not specified creation forms. They are treasure houses that grounds our day-to-day life. Their creation reflects their joys, sorrows, and pain. It is, successful fact, modern history. We indispensable support these creation forms and enactment the artistes. Folk artistes who participated successful the Chennai Sangamam person received opportunities to execute successful different countries and person besides secured roles successful films,” she said.
Ms. Kanimozhi said that events could not beryllium organised successful Perambur arsenic the parkland determination was undergoing repairs, but shows would beryllium held successful Avadi, Kolathur, and Royapuram successful North Chennai. “We volition organise events successful much places successful North Chennai from adjacent year,” she added.
There volition beryllium agrarian sports specified as uriyadi, pallankuli and paramapadam, but not kabaddi. Silambam artistes volition besides perform. The nutrient festival, which is portion of the Chennai Sangamam, volition diagnostic stalls selling nutrient from assorted parts of the State.
