Kanchipuram-based Kattaikkuttu Sangam presents its yearly Kalai Thiru Vizhaa
3 months, 1 week ago

Kanchipuram-based Kattaikkuttu Sangam presents its yearly Kalai Thiru Vizhaa

The Hindu  

For 33 years now, Kattaikkuttu Sangam’s expansive hall at Punjarasantankal village in Kanchipuram has been throbbing with the excitement of a thiruvizha every March. This year though, it is the winter months that ring in the yearly Kalai Thiru Vizhaa with a range of performances being staged by artistes from the Sangam as well as contemporary Tamil theatre. “The main aim of the festival is to bridge the urban-rural divide,” says Hanne, adding: “People in Chennai are unaware of koothu and that it is alive and kicking; while people in the village here have never seen contemporary Tamil theatre since it happens only in the city.” She says their audience in the village is “very ready to see what is on offer”. She says, “There are children sitting in front rows waiting to see the performances.” Hanne says that the Thiru Vizhaa was started to provide employment to artistes during the off-season. The Kalai Thiru Vizhaa is on till January 4 at Kattaikkuttu Sangam, Punjarasantankal village in Kanchipuram.

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