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Digital repository ‘Suvadugal’
May 14 , 2025
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- The Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department has initiated some steps for an ambitious project to create a digital repository titled ‘Suvadugal’.
- It will document and preserve the traditional performing arts of Adi Dravidar and tribal communities across Tamil Nadu.
- The project aims to digitally archive thousands of indigenous art forms and oral traditions that are gradually fading with time.
- The several art forms practised by Adi Dravidar and tribal communities are now on the verge of extinction.
- Over 560 art forms are still performed by these communities across the State.
- Some notable examples include Singari Melam from Dindigul, Radha Kavadi from Nagapattinam, Kaniyan Koothu from Tirunelveli, Periya Melam from Tiruvannamalai, Perum Parai from Anthiyur and Malai Koothu from Dharmapuri.
- Bootha Kabala Aatam is a unique ritualistic performance seen only at specific temples in Dharmapuri district.
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