Template:Sharing and Documenting Traditional and Religious Norms of Sri Lankan Tamil Communities
| Project Number | NF/PG/2014/0005 | Grant Agency / Donors | Norway Tamil Sangam | Project Owner | Sanjayan Selvamanickam | |
| Project Mentor | Shaseevan Ganeshananthan | Project Locations | Colombo | Project Period | 2014 | |
| Stakeholders | Norway Tamil Sangam , Batticaloa Theatre Lab and STA Solidarity Foundation, Sri Lanka | |||||
The project of ‘Sharing and Documenting Traditional and Religious Norms of the Sri Lankan Tamil Community’ is a common platform for the integration of Tamil speaking communities from different backgrounds in Sri Lanka. Hence, Noolaham Foundation has identified Koothu (melodrama) as a one of the traditional tools that share some common values. Then Noolaham Foundation and Norway Tamil Sangam, staged ‘Ravanesan Koothu’ in Colombo with the facilitation of Batticaloa Theatre Lab.
The project’s main event ‘Ravanesan Koothu’ was held at the Ramakrishna Mission Hall, Colombo – 06 on 4th January 2014 with more than 800 spectators. The ‘Ravanesan Koothu’ can be viewed as a great honor and a glimpse at our heritage for Tamil speaking communities in Sri Lanka through these treasury performances. The performance was telecasted on Vasantham TV, and a series of special articles were published in the Virakesari weekend edition about ‘Ravanesan Koothu’. This is the first time ‘Ravanesan Koothu’ was telecast on the visual media in Sri Lanka. This online availability of the event will promote the rich heritage of Tamil culture and Tamil language around the world.
Noolaham Foundation believes that this project will develop an exposure for the arts which are being practiced by the Sri Lankan Tamil speaking communities.
