Published 2022-12-10
Keywords
- Tamil literature,
- Relationship,
- Artists,
- Lamennting songs
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Abstract
Lamenting songs are one of the genres in Tamil literature. Music is intertwined in the life of the village people. Lamennting songs are sung to express the feeling of sorrow that arises in one's heart when a mother, father, husband, child, sibling or relative dies. People who do not know about the history of the dead people they can learn about the dead person’s history through those songs. A musical instrument known as Roar is played in death house. The sound of roar announces the death news in society. The same custom is seen in the streets. The street songs are intertwined with the roar music. This article brings out the hidden lamenting songs of street artists. In addition, we see that the relationship between the artists and the context of the story is revealed through comparison. Also, dictionary description of lamenting, lamenting in literature, structure of street songs is described in this article.
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References
- Kathirvelpillai, (2012) Tamil Mozhi Agrathi, Madras University, Chennai, India.
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- Sanmugasundaram, (2012) Nattupuraviyal, Saradha Pathippagam, Chennai, India.