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Folklore awards

Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Folklore Akademi has announced the fellowships, awards and honours for 2007.

Minister for Culture M.A. Baby told reporters here on Tuesday the fellowships have been awarded to Marathukali artiste M. Krishnan Panicker and k akkirissi natakam artiste Kala Nilayam N.P.K. Nair. The academy will honour P.A. Yusuf Kunji (mappila pattu); Thayambathu Kunhikannan (poorakali); K.K.D. Nambiar (kolkali), K. Ambu (poorakali) and P.K. Vasudevan Nair (velakali).

The following are the award-winners: M.R.Gopalakrishna Panicker (padayani); Mannur Chamiyar (porottu natakam); Kachery Valappil Raman Perumalayan (kothamooriyatom); Rarorathu Meethal Narayana Peruvannan (thirayattom); S. Ayesha Beegum (mappila pattu); K.V. Kunhikannan Panicker (poorakali); Poothiri (mudiyattom, pakkanar pattu); Manickam Kollachan (nadan pattu); Raphel Joseph (chavittu natakam); Attassery Mohammed Haji (vatta pattu); K.V. Raghava Panicker (marathukali); Konnukudiyan Kannan (theyyam); Muthuchinna Mallan (malapulayattom); Easwari Chinnakutty (paliyam pattu); Thalayil Kesavan Nair (vilpattu); Cherupurathu Chathukutty (cheruneeliyattom, chakattu pattu); K.S. Gopalakrishna Pillai (velakali); C.S.Rama Kurup (kalemezhuthu); Kumaran Valayeri (folklore songs); and Hashik N.K. (folklore).