Tharai, the Glossary
Tharai or Thaarai is a wind instrument from South India.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: Agastya, Alloy, Ancient Tamil music, Bala (director), Brass, Chennai, Chennai Sangamam, Coimbatore, Cornell University, Crescent, Cylinder, Dance forms of Tamil Nadu, Double reed, Festival, Folk dance, Hindu temple, Hinduism, Horn (anatomy), Hymn, Ilaiyaraaja, Kerala, Kombu (instrument), Metal, Muneeswarar, Music director, Nadaswaram, Parai, Party, Pennsylvania State University, Percussion instrument, Procession, Siddha medicine, South India, Tamil cinema, Tamil language, Tamil Nadu, Tamils, Tharai Thappattai, Thavil, The Hindu, The New Indian Express, The Times of India, Tirumurai, Wedding, Wind instrument, Wood.
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Agastya
Agastya was a revered Indian sage of Hinduism.
Alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described.
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Ancient Tamil music
The ancient Tamil music is the historical predecessor of the Carnatic music during the Sangam period spanning from 500 BCE to 200 CE. Tharai and ancient Tamil music are Tamil music.
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Bala (director)
Bala is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, working in Tamil cinema.
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Brass
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve different colours and mechanical, electrical, acoustic and chemical properties, but copper typically has the larger proportion, generally 66% copper and 34% zinc.
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Chennai
Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.
Chennai Sangamam
Chennai Sangamam (Tamil: சென்னை சங்கமம்) is a large annual open Tamil cultural festival held in the city of Chennai.
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Coimbatore
Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr), sometimes shortened as Kovai, is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.
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Crescent
A crescent shape is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase (as it appears in the northern hemisphere) in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself.
Cylinder
A cylinder has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes.
Dance forms of Tamil Nadu
Dance forms of Tamil Nadu elaborates the various dance forms originated and practiced in the Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of the India.
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Double reed
A double reed is a type of reed used to produce sound in various wind instruments.
Festival
A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures.
Folk dance
A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region.
Hindu temple
A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Koil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers.
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Horn (anatomy)
A horn is a permanent pointed projection on the head of various animals that consists of a covering of keratin and other proteins surrounding a core of live bone.
Hymn
A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification.
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Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesigan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil and Telugu films.
Kerala
Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.
Kombu (instrument)
The Kombu (Tamil:கொம்பு, Malayalam: കൊമ്പ്) or Kompu also known as the Kombu Pattu is a wind instrument (a kind of Natural Horn) in Tamil nadu and Kerala. Tharai and Kombu (instrument) are Indian musical instruments, Tamil culture and Tamil music.
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A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.
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Muneeswarar
Muneeswarar, or Muneeswaran (Tamil: முனீஸ்வரன் Malayalam: മുനീശ്വരൻ), is a popular Hindu deity within Hinduism, and is worshipped by many, in countries such as India, Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji and many more.
Music director
A music director, musical director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization.
Nadaswaram
The nadaswaram is a double reed wind instrument from South India. Tharai and nadaswaram are Indian musical instruments.
Parai
Parai also known as Thappattai or Thappu is a traditional percussion instrument from South India. Tharai and Parai are Indian musical instruments, Tamil culture and Tamil music.
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Party
A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration or celebration of a special occasion.
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Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State and sometimes by the acronym PSU, is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.
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Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument.
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Procession
A procession is an organized body of people walking in a formal or ceremonial manner.
Siddha medicine
Siddha medicine is a form of traditional medicine originating in southern India. Tharai and Siddha medicine are Tamil culture.
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South India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.
Tamil cinema
Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. Tharai and Tamil cinema are Tamil culture.
Tamil language
Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.
Tamils
The Tamils, also known as the Tamilar, are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, to the union territory of Puducherry, and to Sri Lanka.
Tharai Thappattai
Tharai Thappattai or Thaarai Thappattai is a 2016 Tamil-language musical art film written, produced and directed by Bala.
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Thavil
A thavil (Tamil:தவில்) or tavil is a barrel-shaped percussion instrument from Tamil Nadu. Tharai and thavil are Tamil music.
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications.
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The Times of India
The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.
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Tirumurai
Tirumurai (Tamil: திருமுறை, meaning Holy Order) is a twelve-volume compendium of songs or hymns in praise of Shiva in the Tamil language from the 6th to the 11th century CE by various poets in Tamil Nadu.
Wedding
A wedding is a ceremony where two people are united in marriage.
Wind instrument
A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator.
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Wood
Wood is a structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
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See also
Tamil music
- Ancient Tamil music
- Carnatic music
- Dappankuthu
- Gaana
- Kalaimamani
- Kombu (instrument)
- Melam
- Murasu
- Music of Tamil Nadu
- Naattupurapaattu
- Oppari
- Orasaadha
- Pann
- Parai
- Paripāṭal
- Rama Natakam
- Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil
- Saraswati veena
- Tharai
- Thavil
- Therukural
- Urumi (drum)
- Venu
- Yazh
- Yazh Nool
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tharai
Also known as Thaarai.