waning art of konnakol

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Topic started by Balakrishnan (@ adsl-64-175-241-41.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net) on Sat Jan 22 17:34:12 EST 2005.


Konnakol is slowly turning to be an endangered species...

FTUWDK, Konnakol is quite a practical art involving rendering jathis and talas orally using the syllables meant for percussion.

Manargudi Packriya Pillai was one of the renowned artists in this field. At present, Trichy Thayumanavan is quite popular. Are there any other known artists ?

I imagine only vocalists and instrumentalists of standing could fathom having this type of accompaniment (since the vocal rendering does confuse the rendering of the sahitya by the artist). It also puts the bar high on the konnakol artists - they have to exercise abundant self control, choose the timing and regulate the volume appropriately.

Do the sabhas/academy have any programs to promote waning arts like konnakol ?

Also, Is it feasible to have an upa-vadhya like konnakol in hindustani style ? Just curious....