Third Eye: March 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012

'SAPAIYOR' IN KOOTHTHU


'MATHALAM' A KIND OF TRADITIONAL DRUM IS BEING USED IN KOOTHTHU AS THE MAIN AND ONLY INSTRUMENT WITH THE SUPPORT OF 'SALLARI' WHICH CONTROLS THE BEAT SYSTEM.	THERE ARE NO MEASURES TO CONTROL THE SOUND OF MUSIC IN KOOTHTHU. THE VOCAL MANAGEMENT IS IN THE BREATH OF THE PERFORMERS.	ITS THE ART OF THE PERFORMER TO MANAGE THE VOICE WITH CO-PERFORMERS IN AN OPEN SPACE AND IN THE NIGHT.

MAN/MARKET MAN IS NOT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD!!!


MIGHT OF THE MARKET FORCES BUILD GREAT WALLS BETWEEN NATURE AND HUMAN BEINGS! NATURE IS SEASONAL!! MARKET FORCES MAKE IT GROW BEYOND SEASONAL WITH THE MAN MADE GOD THE ALMIGHTY CHEMICAL!!!

BILL BOARDS DISCONNECT THE PERCEPTIONS WITH THE NATURE AND THE AUDIO VISUAL ADDS DISTORT THE TRUTHS OF LIFE AND NATURE AND ESTABLISH THE PACKAGES OF THE MARKET FORCES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHILDREN'S PLAY WON THE FIRST PLACE IN NATIONAL DRAMA FESTIVAL 2011.# BUT IF THE PLAY LOST IN THE COMPETITION?!

THE CHILDREN'S PLAY WAS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY T.GOWREESWARAN AND DESIGNED BY S.NIRMALAVASAN.

WORKING WITH CHILDREN IN THEATRE IS A KIND OF LEARNING PROCESS BY DOING IT AND DOING IT COLLECTIVELY. ITS NOT ANOTHER KIND OF DRILLING OR TEACHING FOR EXAMINATIONS! CHILDREN'S PLAY IS A FORM OF PLAYING GROUND FOR CHILDREN WITH A FACILITATOR BUT NOT WITH A DIRECTOR WITH THE MIND OF DICTATOR.

FESTIVALS ARE THE BEST CHOICE FOR CHILDREN WHERE EVERY KID HAS A CHANCE TO SMILE AND BE HAPPY WITH THEIR PARENTS AND FAMILIES!

IT WILL LEAD TO THE SMILE OF A COMMUNITY!!!


competitive exams are the killing fields of the hearts and minds of children. winners of the death race are celebrated but those who commit suicide for failing on the death are not an issue but just an addition to the market of sensational news.

IS THERE ANY SIGNS OF RISING LIGHT FROM THE BACK OF OUR MINDS WHERE THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO QUEUES AND EXAMS?

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

WOMEN'S DAY PROCESSION-BATTICALOA 2012

THE PROCESSION WAS ORGANIZED BY SURIYA WOMAN'S DEVELOPEMENT CENTRE, BATTICALOA UNDER THE TITLE OF " WILL REGAIN THE NIGHTS" AFFILIATES OF THE THIRDEYE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL ACTIVISTS GROUP ALSO TOOK PART IN THE PROCESSION.

Monday, March 26, 2012

50TH WORLD THEATRE DAY MARCH 27NTH 2012

We are proud to inform that the message author of the 50th World Theatre Day is the US actor and director John Malkovich!

Message of the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day

"I'm honored to have been asked by the International Theatre Institute ITI at UNESCO to give this greeting commemorating the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day. I will address my brief remarks to my fellow theatre workers, peers and comrades. May your work be compelling and original. May it be profound, touching, contemplative, and unique. May it help us to reflect on the question of what it means to be human, and may that reflection be blessed with heart, sincerity, candor, and grace. May you overcome adversity, censorship, poverty and nihilism, as many of you will most certainly be obliged to do. May you be blessed with the talent and rigor to teach us about the beating of the human heart in all its complexity, and the humility and curiosity to make it your life's work. And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, "how do we live?" Godspeed." - John Malkovich

Thirdeye with the women achievers!

Thirdeye Local Knowledge and Skill Activists Group with the women achievers at the International Woman's Day Celebration. Photos by Dushiyanthy Kanagasabapathipillai

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

THE DIFFERNET DESIGN OF THE SWORD OF KOOTHTHU IN PERIYAPULO, JAFFNA, SRI LANKA

PERFORMING STYLES OF KOOTHTHU IN VADDUKODDAI, ARALY, CHULIPURAM, NAVALY ARE INTERESTING FEATURES IN ITS DANCE MOVEMENTS AND PATTERNS. 'SABAIYOR', THE MUSICIANS OF 'KOOTHTHU' OF THESE AREAS ARE ACCOMMODATING THEMSELVES THE SIDE OF THE PERFORMANCE AREA IN A SITTING POSITION. ITS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER AREAS WHERE THEY ARE STATIONED THEMSELVES ON THE CENTRE OF THE KALARI(STAGE).

ANNAVI AMMA OF JAFFNA: A RARE KIND OF SPICES

SEBASTIAMPILLAI RAJESWARY OF PAASAIYOOR, JAFFNA BORN IN A FAMILY OF KOOTHTHU PERFORMERS AND AN ANNAVIYAR NOW. ITS RARE TO FIND WOMEN AS ANNAVIYARS IN KOOTHTHU, THE TRADITIONAL THEATRE OF THE THAMILS OF SRI LANKA. SHE HAS COMPOSED FIFTEEN KOOTHTHU SCRIPTS TO HER ACCOUNT AND TEN OUT OF FIFTEEN HAD BEEN PERFORMED TO HER CREDIT!

FRIENDS OF THIRDEYE IS PERFORMING TO NOOLAHAM.COM

FRIENDS OF THIRDEYE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL ACTIVISTS GROUP IS PERFORMING TO NOOLAHAM.COM IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

TRADITIONAL THEATRE -KOOTHTHU- OF PERIYAPULO, JAFFNA, SRI LANKA-2012

TRADITIONAL ART/MUSICAL FESTIVALS: NEW BUSSINESS VENTURE FOR MARKET ENTREPRENEURS

TRADITIONAL ARTS ARE COMMUNITY ORIENTED AND ITS PRACTICES ARE COMMUNITY BASED. TRADITIONAL ARTS ARE NOT MERE PERFORMANCES AS WE PERCEIVED IN MODERN CONTEXT.

ITS A SOCIO-CULTURAL EVENT OF A COMMUNITY AND A PROCESS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME CONNECTED WITH SEASONS AND RITUALS. IT CONTAINS THE HERITAGE OF THE COMMUNITY AND TRANSMITS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL FOR GENERATIONS. ITS SIMPLY NOT A MATTER OF GROUP OF PEOPLE PERFORMING TO AUDIENCE.

THE PRESERVERS AND PROMOTERS OF TRADITIONAL ART HAS TO UNLEARN OR RELEARN IN ORDER TO LEARN THE REALITY OF TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE.

MANUFACTURING TRADITIONAL ARTS FOR MARKET IS AN ACT OF DISPLACING COMMUNITIES CULTURALLY.

Friday, March 09, 2012

ANCIENT ART INTO ASHES?! NO! NEVER!! THE ART WILL BURN THE CASTE HIERARCHY INTO ASHES!!!


TRADITIONAL DRUM OF UP COUNTRY TAMILS OF SRI LANKA. KURAVAR COMMUNITY IN EASTERN SRI LANKA AND THE MIGRATED UP-COUNTRY TAMILS TO KILINOCHCHI, SRI LANKA IS ALSO PLAYING THE ART OF ANCIENT DRUM STILL NOW.