Tamil Nadu Day will be celebrated on November 1 at the Museum Theatre, Chennai: Tamil Semmal awards for 76 scholars, prizes for 179 students who recite the whole Thirukkural, and folk-art shows in Chennai parks.
Tamil Nadu Day will be celebrated on November 1 at the Museum Theatre, Chennai: Tamil Semmal awards for 76 scholars, prizes for 179 students who recite the whole Thirukkural, and folk-art shows in Chennai parks.
Tamil Nadu was formed on 1 November 1956, and the state government celebrates that day every year as Tamil Nadu Day. As announced by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, this year’s celebration will be held by the Tamil Development Department tomorrow, 1 November, at 10 AM at the Museum Theatre (அருங்காட்சியக அரங்கம்), Chennai.
School Education, Tamil Development and Information Minister Rajmohan will lead the function and:
In the evening, the Art and Culture Department will hold folk-art performances in Greater Chennai Corporation parks, bringing traditional artists to the public.
On Sunday, 1 November, from 6 PM to 9 PM, the Art and Culture Department will stage folk-art shows at six places in Chennai. Everyone is welcome — entry is free.
Art forms on show include Naiyandi melam, Karagattam, Kavadi attam, Puravi attam (horse dance), Mayilattam (peacock dance), Thappattam, Therukoothu, Tholpavai koothu (leather puppetry), Silambattam, Thudumbattam and village folk songs.
To mark the day, essay and speech competitions are being held for college students in every district, at district and state level. The first three in each will receive cash prizes.
The government also marks 18 July — the day the resolution to rename the state “Tamil Nadu” was passed in 1967 — as a commemorative day, as the Chief Minister announced in July.