{"id":25729,"date":"2024-08-02T14:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=25729"},"modified":"2024-08-02T14:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:36:01","slug":"over-4000-students-participate-in-aadi-perukku-celebration-at-dr-mgr-janaki-womens-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=25729","title":{"rendered":"Over 4000 Students Participate in \u2018Aadi Perukku\u2019 Celebration at Dr MGR Janaki Women\u2019s College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo8_copy_800x447.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25730\" src=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo8_copy_800x447-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo8_copy_800x447-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo8_copy_800x447-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo8_copy_800x447-284x158.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo8_copy_800x447-642x362.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo8_copy_800x447-128x72.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo8_copy_800x447.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7654 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Faceinews-Logo-Copy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Over 4000 Students Participate in \u2018Aadi Perukku\u2019 Celebration at Dr MGR Janaki Women\u2019s College<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Highlighting the theme of Save Water, students staged various music and dance performances rooted in Tamil tradition<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo9_copy_800x396.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25731\" src=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo9_copy_800x396-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo9_copy_800x396-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo9_copy_800x396-768x381.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo9_copy_800x396.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo6_copy_800x486.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25732\" src=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo6_copy_800x486-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo6_copy_800x486-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo6_copy_800x486-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo6_copy_800x486.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chennai, 02 Aug. 2024<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 4,000 students of Dr. MGR-Janaki Women&#8217;s College celebrated Aadi Perukku, a Tamil festival observed on the eighteenth day of the Tamil month of Aadi to express gratitude for rivers. Donning half-sarees and sarees, students performed many traditional practices, capturing the essence of the occasion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo3_copy_800x719.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25733\" src=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo3_copy_800x719-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo3_copy_800x719-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo3_copy_800x719-768x690.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo3_copy_800x719.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo5_copy_800x616.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25734\" src=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo5_copy_800x616-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo5_copy_800x616-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo5_copy_800x616-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo5_copy_800x616.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the celebration, students participated in the &#8216;mulaipari&#8217; worship, carrying earthen pots filled with sprouts from nine different types of grains and legumes. The girls floated lamps in a small pond, in a symbolic reenactment of the traditional practice typically performed in rivers. They enjoyed \u2018chitrannam\u2019, which included different varieties of rice such as lemon rice, tamarind rice, and coconut rice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo7_copy_800x493.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25735\" src=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo7_copy_800x493-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo7_copy_800x493-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo7_copy_800x493-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo7_copy_800x493.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo4_copy_800x515.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25736\" src=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo4_copy_800x515-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo4_copy_800x515-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo4_copy_800x515-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo4_copy_800x515.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highligting the theme of \u2018save water\u2019, students performed several folk dances, including \u2018kummiyattam\u2019, a dance done in a circle while holding each other\u2019s hands or waists; \u2018thappattam\u2019, characterised by the rhythmic beats of the \u2018thappu\u2019, one of the oldest percussion instruments in the world; \u2018oyilattam\u2019, another popular form of group dance; \u2018mayilattam\u2019, the peacock dance; and \u2018kaavadi aattam\u2019, a dance offering to Tamil God, Lord Murugan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo2_copy_800x544.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25737\" src=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo2_copy_800x544-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo2_copy_800x544-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo2_copy_800x544-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo2_copy_800x544.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo1_copy_800x503.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-25738\" src=\"https:\/\/faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo1_copy_800x503-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo1_copy_800x503-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo1_copy_800x503-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Photo1_copy_800x503.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his comments,\u00a0<strong>Dr. Kumar Rajendran<\/strong>, Chairman, Dr. MGR Janaki College for Women, \u201cRivers are the sources of prosperity especially for the farmers. Functions like Aadi Perukku are celebrated to thank and honour rivers in Tamil culture, from time immemorial. However, the reverence for rivers and other water bodies is needed today more than they did in the past, considering the widespread environmental deterioration across the world. Hence, at our college we organise Aadi Perukku and encourage our students to participate in cultural activities associated with the function to promote awareness about water usage and conservation and revival of water bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event also featured experts discussing the social, cultural, and environmental significance of Aadi Perukku, as well as traditional practices, music, and dance forms of Tamil culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 4000 Students Participate in \u2018Aadi Perukku\u2019 Celebration at Dr MGR Janaki Women\u2019s College Highlighting the theme of Save Water, students staged various music and dance performances rooted in Tamil tradition Chennai, 02 Aug. 2024 Over 4,000 students of Dr. MGR-Janaki Women&#8217;s College celebrated Aadi Perukku, a Tamil festival observed on the eighteenth day of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,25,38,11,27,19,34,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate","category-education","category-entertainment","category-legal","category-new-hopes","category-news","category-sports","category-technology","category-value-added-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25739,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25729\/revisions\/25739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}