Villu Paatu
Story Telling with Music
Story Telling with Music
Storytelling is an art form greatly revered by the Tamils. The art of narrating tales has flourished in Tamil Nadu for many centuries in various forms such as Theru Koothu, Poikkal Kuthirai Aatam, Bommalattam, and Bharathanatiyam. One of the traditional storytelling forms is Villu Paatu, which is performed with a villu (bow) measuring about 7 to 8 feet in length.Villu Paatu intersperses music with storytelling art, narrating a range of stories from mythological to social. This art is mainly performed during Kodai festivals in the temples of Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari and Thoothukudi Districct in Tamil Nadu.
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