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Learn villupattu from master musician

Vani Doraisamy

Chennai: It's one of the oldest surviving Tamil folk art forms and he is its best-known practitioners.

Villupattu is almost synonymous with Subbu Arumugam. Now, you can learn the art of telling a story through a song of the bow right from the master at a workshop to be organised by the National Folklore Support Centre in collaboration with the Ekalaivan Villupaatu Centre.

The five-day workshop starts on November 21 and one of the aims is to use the art for information dissemination.

Training will involve story-telling, demonstration of instruments, screening of films on villupattu and narrative techniques, culminating in a performance by the participants along with the Ekalaivan troupe.

All you need is the ability to sing.

Participation is on first come first served basis.

For details, call NFSC at 044-2822 9192/5213 8410.

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