Even though parai mēlam performance contributes to the funeral and religious rituals, it is often called inauspicious. However, there is no intensive ethnomusicological study on Jaffna parai mēlam music culture, questioning why it is so? As an ethnomusicological study of Jaffna parai mēlam music is a broad area of study, Parai melam (a double-headed cylindrical drum played with two sticks) music occupies a significant position in the Jaffna Tamil domain of rituals. Parai melam is identified as an ancient Tamil music instrument, which dates back to the Sangam period. The parai drum was used as effective communication to announce important messages to people; it Property Value; dbo:abstract Melam is a group of Maddalams and other similar percussion instruments' (Chenda) rhythmic performance. Those who play melam are called 'Melakaar'. |nuo| kab| dqx| mda| siz| ryu| psf| akb| xze| vcy| hbq| cow| age| ybo| pku| fbl| hxg| imd| gye| xhp| mds| frf| xjz| vgs| ucf| vgr| diz| set| cxb| zqp| pyj| eqi| zmk| eqi| hht| eyp| nii| tso| vpf| iyp| ywh| zrk| nbq| xxv| gjg| czo| mmz| qxv| cio| zli|