Batticaloa, Tamil People and Music

Abstract

The Batticaloa district is home to many folk music traditions. They were seen interwoven with all aspects of life, like worldliness, worship, entertainment, and business. Due to migration, urbanization, development of modern technology, continuous war, colonial rule, etc., the rich traditions of folk music such as kombumuri songs, dance drama songs, and midwifery songs have disappeared from the learning level and become obsolete. Some of these musical traditions, like dance drama songs, are being revived through universities. Also, due to the change of time, Western music, melodies (film songs), and Carnatic music gradually entered Batticaloa, Tamil Nadu. As a result, many of the main classical folk music traditions have become obsolete. The purpose of writing this research paper is that there are many musical traditions found in Batticaloa, Tamil Nadu, and its current status is to inform the youth and the world about the old musical traditions.