Forum seeks to make ‘parai’ popular through diploma course

Coimbatore: A group of city-based parai (drums) fans has been working to take the software to the public by way of developing a proper degree route.
When individuals of Nimirvu Kalaiyagam, a city-based arts discussion board, had gone in seek for a proper route construction for parai, they couldn’t find one. This drove them to border a syllabus for instructing parai and enlisting it as a proper degree route.

Gnatppan Siva, the organizer of Nimirvu, says in addition they issue a certificate on the end of the route. “As we would have liked so as to add worth to the certificate, we might convey skilled parai artistes as exterior examiners and would get the certificate signed by way of them,” he says.

“When we searched for formal parai classes, we found it was provide as an non-compulsory route in govt track schools, but there were no academics for it as there was no commonplace notation for playing the software,” Siva says. “So, we collected the literature at the software and the notations as given by way of outstanding parai artistes and we created a syllabus with the help of professor T Kanagasabai of Bharathidasan University, Trichy,” he says.

T Kanagasabai, professor, department of performing arts at Bharatidasan University, says the university had a degree and degree for folks arts. “When Sakthi, a member of Nimirvu Kalaiyagam approached us, we framed a simple define for their route, which they said they might support. They also are working on it,” he said. With the help of Seer Valarseer Kayilaigurumani Samudhaya Kalloori, which got the route formalized below the Bharathiar University, the discussion board has been accomplishing the route.

Members of the discussion board say they collected the whole thing which was written on parai and had formed a find out about subject matter. “The e-book ‘Parai’ written by way of M Valarmathi was the basic text for us,” says Ok S Kirupasakthi, 21, who had enrolled for the route final yr. She adds that the degree would upload authenticity once they go to colleges or schools to show the software.


The one-year part-time degree route has both concept and sensible elements. While sensible components comparable to adi (beats), adavu (steps) and team performance are taught by way of the individuals of Nimirvu at Thavathiru Santhalinga Adigalar Arts, Science and Tamil College, Perur, they rope in professors from other establishments to show concept. The concept class is held once in a month, whilst the sensible classes are held in Coimbatore and Chennai on alternative Sundays.


More than 20 folks – a mixture of working professionals and college scholars – had enrolled for the route final yr. They can be receiving their diplomas this yr, says Siva.


Tough there may be as an higher hobby within the software, the patronage for the route remains to be low, says Siva.


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