Fundaments of mass communication .

BMM - I

Under Guidance: Prof. Supriya

Folk Media of

Tamil Nadu

Presented By…

Komal Bhoir09

Siddhi Bobade 11

Prajakta Kute26

Priti Naik31

INTRODUCTION:-

Folk media is mostly popular among the rural masses in Tamil Nadu.It generally covers folk songs, folk dance drama’s that depict stories.It is not glamorous as compared to other organized mass medium.It cultivates rural life style and culture specifically.

It generally inclucudes presentation of different types of programmes like folk song & music, folk dance, street theatre, drama & theatres, etc. All programmes have individual criterias & attraction. These programs also render distinctive taste & flavour to audiences as well.

FOLK MEDIA IN TAMILNADU:

BHARATNATYAM… KARAGATTAM… KUMMI…THERUKOOTHU…DEVARAATTAM…

FOLK DANCES OF TAMILNADU:

It is a classical dance form of south India. They use ‘Adavu’(steps) & mudra(face gestures). The communication is through Bhavabhinaya & Hastamudra. The costumes they wear are paijama & jacket of Kanchipuram silk & Banaras silk.

BHARATNATYAM:

Karagattam is a folk dance performed by balancing a pot on head.It is performed by villagers in praise rain goddess ‘Mari Amma’ & river god Ganga.Dance is performed by individual or 2 persons(can be male or female).

KARAGATTAM:

Kummi is a ancient dance form of village in Tamil Nadu.It was originated when there was no music.It is performed by woman standing in circles & clapping their hands.Its usually performed during festivals like Pongal.

KUMMI:

Therukoothu is performed where 2 to 3 streets meet in an open air.Their make-up & costumes is of prime importance.The dance consists of story telling , dialouge rendering.Men perform the dance & women roles are also played by them.

THERUKOOTHU:

Devaraattam is a pure dance form performed in the temples.They do not have songs but on beats of Urumi melam, Thappu melam & sometimes on long flute.The person leading the dance wears false beard & masks decorated with shells to look like teeth.

DEVARAATTAM:

Music of Tamil Nadu has a long tradition & history going back thousands of years. Music is a very important aspect of culture of Tamil Nadu. It evovled over a period of centuries into classical ”Carnatic music” & more popular “Film music”.

FOLK MUSIC OF TAMILNADU:

It is a classical form of southern India which has a long history in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu has produced a number of famous performers. The composers belonging to Tamil trinity of “Muthu Thandavar” have composed hundreds of devotional songs in Tamil and helped evolution of Carnatic Music.

CARNATIC MUSIC:

Folk singing remains popular especially in rural areas. There are contemporary enthusiasts like Vijaylakshmi, NavneethaKrishnan, etc. who have worked to revive popular interests in folk music. Rural hill tribes of Tamil Nadu have their own folk traditions.

FOLK MUSIC:

Tamil cinema is well known for its talented composers. Two of the most famous & acclaimed film composers of India, Ilaiyaraaja & A.R.Rahman are from Tamil Nadu. The Tamil film music is widely known for its innovation & eclecticism which showcase blends of Carnatic, Western & other instruments.

FILM MUSIC:

FOLK DRAMA IN TAMILNADU:

Tamil Nadu has a very rich heritage of drama as a medium of entertainment.

The inhabitants of Tamil Nadu have themselves developed various dramas of their own.

Dance dramas were frequently staged in temples. Almost every temple had a theatre or atleast a stage attached to it.

Dance dramas of Tamil Nadu include: ‘Mavli natakam’ , ‘Pagal vesham’ ,’Modi’ etc.

Pagal vesham is also known as the Day Costume Drama.This drama is performed by an actor or great merit , who is an expert in art of make-up & can conceal his identity.

PAGAL VESHAM:

This folk drama involves a person, who conceals an egg within a heap of sand & draws 7 lines.The man who tries to unearth it is called Modi & another man tries to prevent it by thrashing him.A buffoon intervenes & gives comic releif through light songs.

MODI:

The appeal of Folk Media has historically been both functional and aesthetic. It always served to entertain, educate to reinforce existing ideas or idealogies or change existing values & attitudes. Unlike Mass Media, programmes produced for large & diverse audience, folk forms can use familiar dialects for most intimate & local communication at village level.

ADVANTAGES OF FOLK MEDIA:

Disadvantages include the dangers in “overloading” certain traditional channels with too many “messages” of instrumental nature.Channels could only be loaded according to their capacity with respect in particular to cultural, religious or other sensitively integral elements.

DISADVANTAGES OF FOLK MEDIA:

media in Tamil Nadu is an intrinsically valuable form of popular entertainment or artistic expression. It is worth presenting & developing for its own sake. The aim is to get people to perform specific acts to achieve objectives of national policy. It is a channel for conveying information about available technique & facilities.

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CONCLUSION:

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